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Charitable giving in the United States in 2019 is estimated to have totaled $449.64 billion.²⁴ Giving by individuals in 2019 amounted to an estimated $309.66 billion; this level of giving constituted 69 percent of all charitable giving for the year. Grantmaking by private foundations was an estimated $75.69 billion (17 percent of total funding). Gifts in the form of bequests in 2019 were estimated to be $43.21 billion (10 percent of total giving). Gifts from corporations in 2019 totaled $21.09 billion (5 percent of total giving for that year).

Contributions to religious organizations in 2019 totaled $128.17 billion (29 percent of giving that year). Gifts to educational organizations amounted to $64.11 billion (14 percent); to human service entities, $55.99 billion (12 percent); to foundations, $53.51 billion (12 percent); to health care institutions, $41.46 billion (9 percent); to public/society benefit organizations, $37.16 billion (8 percent); to international affairs entities, $28.99 billion (6 percent); to arts, culture, and humanities entities, $21.64 billion (5 percent); and to environment/animals groups, $14.16 billion (3 percent).