NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion

  • Written by Anna Pruitt, Researcher and Managing Editor, Giving USA, IUPUI
imageDonations channeled through DAFs follow different patterns than for overall charitable giving.Counter/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Large shares of grants that donor-advised funds distributed from 2014 to 2018 supported educational and religious nonprofits. That’s...

Read more: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion

More Articles ...

  1. Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion
  2. 2021 Atlantic hurricane season showed the US isn’t prepared for climate-related disasters that push people deeper into poverty
  3. When 'hunker down' isn't an option: The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season showed how low-income communities face the highest risks
  4. 'Hunker down' is not enough: 2021 hurricane season showed US isn't prepared as climate-related disasters push people deeper into poverty
  5. Why we're using filmmaking to encourage vaccination by Black and Latino Angelenos
  6. How vulnerable is your personal information? 4 essential reads
  7. Reverse vaccination technique in mice suggests new way to teach the immune system not to attack lifesaving treatments
  8. Who invented video games?
  9. Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court
  10. Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills – here's how a national water aid program could work
  11. Drop in students who come to the US to study could affect higher education and jobs
  12. The pandemic is changing the way young people eat and how they feel about their bodies: 4 essential reads
  13. Jury finds 3 Georgia men guilty of Ahmaud Arbery murder: 3 essential reads
  14. Great headphones blend physics, anatomy and psychology – but what you like to listen to is also important for choosing the right pair
  15. Biden taps the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – What is it? Where did it come from? And does the US still need it?
  16. The thousands of vulnerable people harmed by Facebook and Instagram are lost in Meta's 'average user' data
  17. The NRA could be winning its long game even as it appears to be in dire straits
  18. What the Peng Shuai saga tells us about Beijing's grip on power and desire to crush a #MeToo moment
  19. 'Let's Go Brandon' and the linguistic jiujitsu of American politics
  20. Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science
  21. Grocery workers suffer the mental health effects of customer hostility and lack of safety in their workplace
  22. Prayer apps are flooding the market, but how well do they work?
  23. Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people
  24. The lessons 'Moby-Dick' has for a warming world of rising waters
  25. Space law hasn't been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful
  26. Art illuminates the beauty of science – and could inspire the next generation of scientists young and old
  27. Scientist at work: Endangered ocelots and their genetic diversity may benefit from artificial insemination
  28. The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body ideals
  29. Career-based classes keep students more engaged
  30. A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers assess climate risks
  31. Why the oil industry's pivot to carbon capture and storage – while it keeps on drilling – isn't a climate change solution
  32. SUV tragedy in Wisconsin shows how vehicles can be used as a weapon of mass killing – intentionally or not
  33. Supreme Court could redefine when a fetus becomes a person, upholding abortion limits while preserving the privacy right under Roe v. Wade
  34. The average person's daily choices can still make a big difference in fighting climate change – and getting governments and utilities to tackle it, too
  35. How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high
  36. Project Veritas and the mainstream media: Strange allies in the fight to protect press freedom
  37. Americans support climate change policies, especially those that give them incentives and clean up the energy supply
  38. Infrastructure law's digital equity goals are key to smart cities that work for everyone
  39. Adoptees nationwide may soon gain access to their original birth certificates
  40. Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops)
  41. The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America's origin story – but what happened in Virginia four months later mattered much more
  42. Why are barns painted red?
  43. Rittenhouse verdict flies in the face of legal standards for self-defense
  44. Jerome Powell keeps his job at the Fed, where he'll be responsible for preventing inflation from spiraling out of control – without tanking the economy
  45. Meet the person responsible for keeping inflation from spiraling out of control – without tanking the economy
  46. Could oral antiviral pills be a game-changer for COVID-19? An infectious disease physician explains why these options are badly needed
  47. 4 reasons why museums aren't cashing in on NFTs yet
  48. Cuba's post-revolution architecture offers a blueprint for how to build more with less
  49. Tick management programs could help stop Lyme disease, but US funding is inadequate
  50. Monitor or talk? 5 ways parents can help keep their children safe online