Robert Hornung of ISC America shares his most presentation on there being a rise in philanthropy in America. Please enjoy and feel free to share!

1. A RISE IN PHILANTHROPY
Robert Hornung

2. • Recently I have personally noticed a difference in the level of
philanthropic deeds and charities starting out and accepting
volunteers and donations to spread good
• As you may or may not know I love to stay involved in my
community but constantly wonder what else I could do or what
else others are doing to combat difficult life events for others
• I’m always so happy and thankful when I hear the success stories
of charities and good works foundations when they positively
impact a whole community or just one person
• After looking into the changes within charities and philanthropic
organizations I noticed that people are tending to give more to
help others, be it money, time, or anything else

3. • To give you all a better idea of how I know giving is on the
rise I read up on a philanthropic forecasting service known as
Atlas of Giving
• Atlas of Giving tracks and predicts the level of giving for each
year and gives customers information to support trends
• Atlas actually calculated a fall in charitable gifts from last year
by 3.2%, it the loving support of people around the world
defied even Atlas
• For the mid-year checkup conducted by Atlas, they found that
giving had not only risen but went as high as 7.6%, which is
equivalent to a whopping $238.9 billion

4. • Why was the prediction so low according to Atlas
of Giving?
• Reports suggest that they were prepared for a
slowing stock market and a weaker economic
growth year
• Given there are a number of variables that could
affect giving due to less money able to be donated
but I believe the good in people will prevail over a
dip in economic growth or a stagnant stock market

5. • Philanthropic gifts from businesses, individuals, estates, and
foundations are highly expected to continue to grow
• Numerous organizations have reported on the increase in good
deeds and valuable contributions including Indiana University’s
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Marts & Lundy
• The organizations are pinpointing specific groups that are
primed to give back to their communities and other groups in
the near future
• Indiana University expects a strong rise in giving from
foundations that faced hardship by losses in the stock market
from the recession and recent downturns in investment banking

6. • The study conducted by Indiana University has
these foundations contributing to a 7.2%
increase in foundation grants and a 6.7%
increase next year
• The report goes on to say corporate giving will
rise 6% this year and 4.8% next year, gifts from
individuals will rise 4.4% and 4.1% for the next
two years, and gifts by estates to rise 2.7% this
year and 6.3% in 2016

7. • It is great to see that philanthropic deeds are
on the rise and are continuing to grow
• The various reports being submitted seem to
agree with each other that despite financial
downturns people, organizations, estates, and
foundations will all find some way to give back

8. Robert Hornung
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