B
Evidence Grade B
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70%
70% -- share of americans who believe charities waste their money for US consumers (charitable sector) (2025)
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70%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
NYU
Primary
Tier C
https://www.mainstreetsummit.com/summit-sessions/scott-harrison ↗
Source Article
Reinventing Charity | Scott Harrison — Main Street Summit
Reinventing Charity | Scott Harrison
Scott: Alright, it's great to be here. Uh, I'm gonna start at the beginning. When I was, uh, four years old, my mom almost died. I was born in Philadelphia. That's dad, that's mom, and middle class family. Uh, but when I was four, we moved from Philadelphia to th…
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NYU
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NYU study cited in conference talk; original study details not provided
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US consumers (charitable sector): 70% share of americans who believe charities waste their money. Source: NYU (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/americans-believe-charities-waste-money-nyu
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