Friday, October 28, 2016
U.S. Trust Study Finds that Wealthy Individuals Give and Volunteer at Higher Rates
The The 2016 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy finds that Ninety-one percent of high-net-worth households donated to charity last year and 50 percent volunteered, compared to 59 percent of the U.S. general population who donated to charity and 25 percent who volunteered.
Additionally, among wealthy individuals who volunteer, 60 percent plan to volunteer as much over the next three years and 30 percent plan to volunteer more, while 39 percent of those who did not volunteer last year plan to in the future...