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American philanthropic giving increased by 6 percent in 2005 compared to the previous year. While some of this increase is attributed to responses to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, only 3 percent of the total estimated giving of $260.3 billion was for disaster relief. Recipients of these contributions (in percentages) were:
35.8 Religion 14.8 Education 9.7 Human services 8.7 Health 8.3 Foundations 6.2 Other allocated giving 5.4 Public society benefit 5.2 Art, culture, humanities 3.4 Environment and animals 2.5 International affairs Source: Giving USA Foundation
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