By Matthew Brown For decades the philanthropic world was divided into two communities: the religious and the secular. The religious consisted exclusively of congregations that dealt with spiritual development of their followers, while the secular took in everything else, from disaster relief and health care to environmental causes. “But everyone knew the (secular) group was…
By Michael Gryboski An evangelical financial organization has released on Wednesday the findings of its fourth annual “State of Giving” report, which notes that giving to member groups has increased over the past two years. Among their findings, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability found that annual monetary giving to ECFA-accredited organizations increased 6.4 percent…
By JJ Feinauer A new study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy places Utah as the most charitable state in the country. “The Mormon tradition of tithing is a primary reason residents of this state well outpace those in every other place in America,” the bi-weekly newspaper wrote on its website. As the study shows, there…