Archive Category: Charitable Giving Research

How Our Next President Is Making Us Less Generous Today

The Atlas of Giving Report released in April 2016 documented a decline in American generosity compared to 2015 and forecasted more of the same for the rest of the year. As a public speaker for a global charity since 2005, I’ve witnessed record-low giving by evangelical crowds I’ve spoken to over the last… Read More

Choice Paralysis

The college student smart enough to succeed at several majors. The retiree who could do a hundred things with the next thirty years of his life. The businessman with a zillion 401K options. Me standing before fifty varieties of spaghetti sauce at the grocery store. The woman at a conference hearing appeals from a dozen non-profits and just causes. Choice paralysis. View Post

A Tale Of Two Zip Codes

This is a tale of two zipcodes–and the relationship between how much we have and how much we give. Spindale & Arlington Spindale is a rural community in North Carolina speckled with mobile homes and blanketed in kudzu. Arlington, Virginia’s miles of exclusive neighborhoods, shopping centers, and office complexes neighbor… Read More