“I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that, when needs be, they almost always gave each other faithful support.”—Alexis de Tocqueville (1835), Frenchman touring the young United States.
Philanthropy continues to grow, despite the political divide in Georgia and the nation. Recent numbers released for 2019 by Giving USA show that giving by individuals, foundations and corporations all increased when compared to 2018. In total, Americans gave away more than $449 billion dollars in 2019, an increase of $21 billion dollars from the previous year (+5%). This annual increase has been constant over decades, with only two notable exceptions – in 1987 after Black Friday, during the recession that followed the stock market crash in 2008-2009.
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