Americans have donated roughly $298 billion to US charities last year with a 4 percent increase from 2010.
According to Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, an estimated 117 million US households, 12 million corporations, 99,000 estates, and 76,000 foundations have given to charities last year. Most of the money went to the registered charities and religious groups.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”