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Giving USA 2012

Who Gave, How Much, and to Whom in 2011?Friday, June 29 - 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.Hudson Institute - Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center1015 15th Street, NW - Suite 600Washington, DC 20005Registration for this event is now closed.
However, the event will be streamed live at www.hudson.org/watchlive.

Event DescriptionCharitable giving as a form of civic engagement in the United States attracts greater participation than many other types of civic involvement—even voting. For more than fifty years, the annual publication Giving USA has documented who gives what to whom. But 2011 was no ordinary year. How did charitable giving fare as the economy struggled to recover? What shifts took place in giving by individuals, corporations, and foundations? More importantly, what do the results tell us about who we are, where philanthropy is going, and what fundraisers can expect of 2012?On June 29th Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University will join forces to host Indiana University’s Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D., a member of the team that researches and writes Giving USA, to discuss the questions raised by the latest numbers. Joining Dr. Rooney on the panel will be The Nonprofit Quarterly's Ruth McCambridge, Tom Pollack of the Urban Institute's National Center for Charitable Statistics, and Wendy McGrady from The Curtis Group. Holly Hall of The Chronicle of Philanthropy will moderate the discussion. Lunch will be served.
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Giving USA 2012 will be released on June 19, 2012. Download your free executive summary online that day at www.givingusareports.org. Program and Panel11:30 a.m.Registration, lunch buffet
12:00 p.m.Welcome by Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William Schambra12:10Panel discussionPatrick M. Rooney, Executive Director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana UniversityRuth McCambridge, Editor of The Nonprofit QuarterlyWendy McGrady, Vice President of The Curtis GroupTom Pollack, Program Director at the Urban InstituteHolly Hall, Features Editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Moderator)1:10Question-and-answer session2:00Adjournment
Transcript Information
A complete, edited transcript of the discussion will be posted online at approximately two weeks after the event. If you would like to receive a rush copy of the transcript or request further information about this event, please contact Kristen McIntyre at (202) 974-2424 kmcintyre@hudson.org.Getting to Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute is located at 1015 15th Street, between K and L Streets. We're on the 6th floor. Public Transportation:Hudson Institute is one block from the McPherson Metro station (on the orange and blue lines) and four blocks from the Farragut North Metro station (red line): McPherson Square - orange and blue lines - Vermont Avenue/White House exitFarragut North - red line - K Street exit Parking:Central Parking System - 1015 15th Street, NWColonial Parking - 1425 K Street (a.k.a. One McPherson Square)PMI Parking - 1501 K Street