IU’s Center on Philanthropy surveys America’s relief contributions following 9/11 | |
| American households that contributed to the Sept. 11 relief efforts gave an average of nearly $134, and those who volunteered gave an average of almost 17 hours, according to a new survey released this month by the IU Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in Indianapolis, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy.
The America Gives Survey found that more than 74 percent of those surveyed responded to the tragedy with some form of charitable behavior. Of those people who contributed money, donated food, clothing or blood, or volunteered to help the victims, 51.6 percent participated in one of these activities, 19.8 percent participated in two, and 3 percent participated in three. The post-tragedy survey results, which were funded by AFP and the AFP Foundation, are part of a larger study on giving in America that the IU center was conducting at the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Go to this AFP Web site for more information:
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