Giving to charities that offer donor-advised funds increased by 13 percent, “consistent with giving to donor-advised funds in general,” ECFA reported. Internationally, the drop-off can be traced largely to Russia (which banned American adoptions after the US called them out on human rights abuses), China (which both relaxed the one-child policy and began to promote domestic adoption), and Guatemala (which shut down their system in an attempt to clean up corruption).ĮCFA said camps and conferences also saw about 10 percent growth last year, after jumping around for the past several years (down 9% in 2010, up 6% in 2012, up 19% in 2013, down 7% in 2014, and up 21% in 2015). Except for a blip from 2012 to 2013 (growth of 3.9%), adoption giving has grown by more than 8 percent a year since ECFA started keeping track in 2010.ĭespite the increased giving, domestic and international adoption numbers keep falling from their peak in the early to mid-2000s. The two previous years had been stagnant at best: From 2013 to 2014 giving was down 1.1 percent, and from 2014 to 2015 it was down 0.7 percent.Īdoption giving was also up from 2015 to 2016, this time by 11.4 percent. Perhaps in response to the high-profile plight of Family Christian, giving to literature publishing ratcheted up 13.2 percent from 2015 to 2016. In early 2017, Family Christian Stores followed, shutting down 240 stores and laying off more than 3,000 employees. In 2016, Send the Light Distribution shut down after 40 years in business. The biggest area of growth was in literature publishing and distribution, a category which has been hit hard in recent years. Hardest hit were higher education (down 8.3%) and alcohol/drug rehabilitation (down 5.4%) the other three categories lost less than 3 percent. Only 5 of the 26 ministry categories tracked lost funding in 2016. (Recently accredited ministries were left out of the year-to-year analysis, which relies on mostly audited financial statements.) “Members of ECFA are doing wonderful work to serve people in need in myriad ways, and donations made to these ministries are being used to make the world a better place.”ĮCFA itself has also been growing, from 1,600 members in 2011 to almost 2,200 today. “We are encouraged to see donations to our member organizations continuing to increase each year,” stated Dan Busby, ECFA president and CEO. That adds up to $16.2 billion of giving-$12.6 billion in cash and $3.6 billion in non-cash-to evangelical ministries in 2016. This group also saw a 3.6 percent rise in non-cash giving, which includes income such as government grants or real estate. Giving continues to rise for many categories of ministry, according to new research released today by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).Īn analysis of the finances of more than 1,800 of its accredited members found a 2.2 percent rise in cash contributions from 2015 to 2016 (the latest year available).
While the multi-million dollar tally of Giving Tuesday donations will take time to compile, we already know which kinds of charities are most favored by American evangelicals.
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