Men and Women Equally Likely to Include Charity in Estate Plans
Donors with a charitable bequest cite confidence in charities ability to deliver services, desire to help those with less as key motives for giving, Center on Philanthropy study finds
All three types of donors surveyed—those with a charitable provision in their will, those with a will but no charitable bequest, and those without a will—cited religious beliefs as the second- most common motivation for their overall charitable giving.
Donors with a bequest cited their sense of responsibility to help those with less as their strongest motivation for their charitable giving. The third-most frequent motivation, after religious beliefs, was their belief that charities deliver services more effectively than government or for-profit organizations.
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