Laura Tomasko

2 months ago | urban.org | Jesse Lecy |Laura Tomasko |Hannah Martin |Rachel Marconi

In every state, every congressional district, and more than 95 percent of counties in the United States, public charities receive government grants. Without these grants, most nonprofits would be unable to cover their expenses. Nationwide, 103,475 public charities reported receiving a total of over $267 billion from government grants in 2021. The inflation-adjusted total of over $300 billion represents almost three times the most recent estimates of foundation giving.

2 months ago | urban.org | Hannah Martin |Laura Tomasko |Lewis Faulk |Mirae Kim

In 2023, two-thirds of nonprofits from a nationally representative panel study in the United States received at least one government grant or contract, resulting in the average nonprofit generating one-quarter of its revenue from government sources that year. Over a third of nonprofits received more than a quarter of their revenue from the government, and about two in ten nonprofits received more than half of their revenue from the government.

Jun 3, 2024 | urban.org | Hannah Martin |Laura Tomasko

Although cash donations have long dominated research on charitable giving, the COVID-19 pandemic brought increased attention to other forms of giving, such as mutual aid and crowdfunding. In our latest update to the Urban Institute’s Giving Dashboard, which provides a snapshot of the many ways Americans give, we highlight how giving via mutual aid, crowdfunding, and individual monetary donations has recently declined.