Philanthropic Giving For Health Care Slows In 2006 In Both U.S. And Canada

In the U.S., contributions from individuals represented 60 percent of all contributions, about the same as the year-earlier level, while the portion contributed by U.S. businesses, including corporate foundations, increased to 20.4 percent in 2006, up from 18.2 percent in 2005. Non-corporate foundations represented 12 percent of funds raised in 2006, down by 0.7 percent from the earlier year. Other giving sources, including hospital auxiliaries, public agencies, and civic groups, were responsible for 8.1 percent of the 2006 total, down from almost 10 percent in 2005. In Canada, the report showed that Canadian contributions were up only 3.3 percent to $1.23 billion in 2006, compared to an increase of 11 percent to $1.2 billion in 2005. Individual givers provided 52 percent of funds raised in Canada, down from almost 61 percent in 2005.Canadian businesses, including corporate foundations, supplied 25.4 percent of the 2006 total, compared to 25.6 percent in 2005. Canadian foundations, other than corporate, contributed 9.7 percent in 2006, compared to 3.5 percent in 2005. The "other sources" category of givers in Canada accounted for approximately 13 percent of the 2006 total. It was about 10 percent of the total in 2005. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,203784.shtml#

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