52% of Donors Plan No Decrease in Giving in 2009

March 13, 2009, Chronicle of Philanthropy — Their investment portfolios may be slumping and their jobs less secure, but a majority of Americans who give to charity still plan to donate as much this year as they have in the past, according to a new survey.

More than 52 percent of donors said their gifts would be on par with 2008, while just 17.5 percent planned to give less.