Report: U.S. Charitable Giving Projected to Grow 4.8 Percent in 2015, 4.9 Percent in 2016

The report’s research team employed econometric methodology to develop the projections for The Philanthropy Outlook. This type of methodology tests statistical relationships between variables. The researchers tested more than 16,000 combinations of economic variables that had the potential for influencing each source of giving, ultimately identifying 10 key predictors of giving.