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Charities that focus on the Environment / Animals saw an increase of 7.2% to $11.83 billion (3% of all donations).Arts, Culture and Humanities saw an increase of 8.7% to $19.51 billion (5% of all donations).Giving to International charities decreased by 4.4% to $22.97 billion (6% of all donations).Public-Society Benefit charities saw an increase of 7.8% to $29.59 billion (7% of all donations).Health charities experienced an increase of 15.5% to $38.27 billion (9% of all donations).Foundations saw an increase of % to $45.89 billion (11% of all donations).Donations to Human Services charities were up 5.1% to $50.06 billion (12% of all donations).Giving to Education charities was up 6.2% to $58.9 billion (14% of all donations).Foundation giving in 2016 increased to $58.28 billion – a 3.5% increase from 2015.Total charitable giving grew 4.1% in 2016 and 5% in 2017.Environment and animals charities arts, culture and humanities organizations international affairs nonprofits and health causes experienced the largest jumps in contributions.This growth is in spite of relatively few widely publicized natural disasters, which often increase contributions to these types of organizations. Giving to international affairs, human services and public-society benefit organizations all grew.In each of the years 20 education giving grew by more than 8 percent. Education giving saw relatively slower growth (3.6 percent) compared to the strong growth rates experienced in most post-recession years.41% give in response to natural disasters.

31% of donors worldwide give to NGOs, NPOs & charities located outside of their country of residence.