B
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77%
77% -- annual charitable giving increase for US donors (households adding charitable estate component) (2026)
Annual charitable giving increased by about 77% after adding a charitable estate component.
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77%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Benefactor Group (citing a nationally representative longitudinal study)
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Tier B
https://benefactorgroup.com/18-trillion-reasons-to-plan-ahead/ ↗
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18 Trillion Reasons to Plan Ahead
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Benefactor Group (citing a nationally representative longitudinal study)
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Nationally representative longitudinal study, inflation-adjusted
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US donors (households adding charitable estate component): 77% annual charitable giving increase. Source: Benefactor Group (citing a nationally representative longitudinal study) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/annual-giving-increase-77pct-estate-component
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/annual-giving-increase-77pct-estate-component" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>77%</strong> -- annual charitable giving increase for US donors (households adding charitable estate component)<br><small>Source: Benefactor Group (citing a nationally representative longitudinal study) (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/annual-giving-increase-77pct-estate-component" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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