Giving through Bequests

Description: 

Total amount of charitable giving through bequests in constant dollars.

Methodological Notes: 

The measure of charitable giving is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving to nine types of organizations (religious; education-related; human services; health-related; public society benefit; arts, culture and humanities; international affairs; and environmental). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series (CPI-U-RS).