Philanthropy’s Global EvolutionEm cinco minutos!

Lawrence T. McGill, Ph.D.Foundation Center

New York

12 November 2015Sao Paulo, Brazil

Philanthropy is Growing in the U.S.

Source: http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/keyfacts2014/

Philanthropy is Growing Worldwide

Source: http://www.wingsweb.org/

U.S. Foundation Assets in Context

$682

$759

$1.815

$2.635

$3.157

$4.950

$6.392

$7.829

$11.192

$17.439

$0 $5.000 $10.000 $15.000 $20.000

PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS

Credit Unions

Savings Institutions

State & Local Government

State & Local Pension Funds

Life Insurance Cos.

Private Pension Funds

Mutual Funds

Commercial Banks

Nonfinancial Businesses

Assets (2007, in billions of dollars)

Source: Lester M. Salamon, America’s Nonprofit Sector: A Primer, 3rd Edition, 2012, Foundation Center.

How U.S. Foundations Responded to the Economic Crisis

Philanthropy is Not Well-documented

FOR INFORMATION ON THE CHALLENGES OF DOCUMENTING EUROPEAN PHILANTHROPY, please see http://dafne-online.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/European-Foundation-Sector-report-2015.pdf

Consequences of Poor Data

• Lack of Coordination

• Duplication of Effort

• Difficult to Collaborate

• Failure to Maximize Impact

Philanthropy Needs Better Data

Source: http://philanthropydata.wingsweb.org/

Obrigado!