A survey by Barna Research Group found that Americans donated 8 percent more to nonprofit organizations in 2003 than they did in 2002

* A survey by Barna Research Group found that Americans donated 8 percent more to nonprofit organizations in 2003 than they did in 2002. Close to two of every three households donated some money to a church, synagogue or other place of worship last year, according to the California-based polling group, which also calculated that religious giving represented 2.2 percent of donors' gross income.

Barna's nationwide survey, described in a mid-April report, said that the mean contribution of $991 per household to all nonprofit organizations in 2002 rose to $1,079 in 2003.

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