Compelled to Give

Motivations for giving
While the report found the amount of wealth possessed by black households is limited compared with all other households, and thus limits their wealth transfer, charitable bequests and overall charitable giving, there’s no doubt that African-Americans are motivated to give.

The Donor Research Project, a research initiative conducted at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the City University of New York Graduate Center in conjunction with the Coalition for New Philanthropy in New York, analyzed why and to whom blacks give through face-to-face interviews with 58 black donors in New York from 2002 to 2003.