The Way We Give Now
In its most recent State of Giving report, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) noted that its members received more than $9.8 billion in cash donations in 2011. That giving has held fairly steady in recent years, especially compared to other reports of charitable giving. But there’s a lot of volatility among individual ministries and ministry categories. (Some swings are due to changes in ECFA membership, but this seems to be a minor factor.) The data are from members’ independent financial statements, not surveys.
Biggest Gainers (2007-2011)
Foundations: 95.2%
Child Sponsorship: 71.4%
Adoption: 41.9%
Orphan Care: 38.7%
Short-term Missions: 31.3%
Hardest Hit (2007-2011)
Camps and Conferences: -21.1%
Prison: -22.3%
Education K-12: -24.8%
Medical: -26.5%
Literature Publishing: -35.4%
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