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Generosity Commission Report
Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering
The Generosity Commission’s report is a rigorous analysis of generosity today. Everyday givers and volunteers have extraordinary power to meet local needs, build community, and strengthen our social fabric. As fewer people are giving to and volunteering with nonprofits today, the Generosity Commission shares research and recommendations to protect and promote the future of generosity in the United States.
The Generosity Commission Report
- Letter from the Co-Chairs
- Executive Summary
- Why Everyday Giving and Volunteering Matter: The Mission of the Generosity Commission
- The Shifting Landscape of American Generosity
- Recommendations
- Introduction
- Research Recommendations
- Culture Recommendations
- Practice Recommendations
- Recommendation 5: Utilize all of philanthropy’s resources, tangible and intangible, in support of everyday giving and volunteering
- Recommendation 6: Support community foundations to take a leading role in encouraging giving and volunteering
- Recommendation 7: Reinforce the leading role of businesses, as convenors of employees to encourage their volunteerism and giving
- Policy Recommendations
- Commissioned Research
- How We Give Now: Conversations Across the United States (2020)
- Nonprofit Trends and Impact 2021 & the Nonprofit Panel Data Platform Project
- Generosity Trends and Impacts: Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA (2022)
- Understanding Generosity: A Look at What Influences Volunteering and Giving in the United States (2023) & Social Connectedness and Generosity: A Look at How Associational Life and Social Connections Influence Volunteering and Giving (and Vice Versa) (2024)
- How and Why We Give: Research Insights on the Aspirations and Motivations that Inspire People to Give and Volunteer (2023) and Audience Engagement Research: Mindsets and Motivations Toward Generosity (2023)
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix
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