Americans respect non-profit sector
Howard Lake | 17 June 2001 | News
Americans respect the non-profit sector far more than politicians and companies, according to new research from Independent Sector.
Americans respect the non-profit sector far more than politicians and companies, according to new research from Independent Sector. Their report, Taking the Pulse of Americans’ Attitudes Toward Charities, reveals that Americans expressed high confidence in nearly all charitable organizations such as youth development groups (72%) and human service agencies (68%). In contrast only 29% had high confidence in major corporations, 27% in federal government, and 22% in Congress.
Nevertheless, many Americans still mistrust charities’ financial acumen: 32% of Americans believe that charities are wasteful in their use of donated funds. This is represents a slight improvement, as the figure stood at 39% in 1994.
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You can download Taking the Pulse of Americans’ Attitudes Toward Charities as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. Find out more from Independent Sector.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.