June 25, 2004

Charitable Giving Rose in 2003, but Gifts to Education Foundered

By ERIN STROUT

Table: Showing how charitable giving increased 2.8 percent from 2002-3, but donations to education decreased

Americans gave more money to charities in 2003 than they did in 2002, but education -- including higher education -- did not benefit from the increase in generosity, according to the annual "Giving USA" report released this week.

Amid two straight years of decreased giving to education, fund-raising experts

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