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Giving USA 2026: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2025. Researched and written by Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Published by Giving USA Foundation, a public service initiative of The Giving Institute. Available online at www.givingusa.org.
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Childress, Rasheeda. “Year-End Giving to DAFs Soared as Donors Rushed to Beat Tax Changes.” Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 18, 2026. https://www.philanthropy.com/news/year-end-giving-to-dafs-soared-as-donors-rushed-to-beat-tax-changes/
Chappell, Nathan, and Cherian Koshy. 2025 Donor Perceptions of AI. Fundraising.AI, September 2025. https://fundraising.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Donor-Perception-of-AI.docx.pdf
Chronicle of Philanthropy 50. Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 10, 2026. https://www.philanthropy.com/philanthropy-50/
Fidelity Charitable. 2026 Giving Report. Fidelity Charitable, 2026. https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/content/dam/fc-public/docs/insights/2026-giving-report.pdf
Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Quarterly FEP Report. Association of Fundraising Professionals Foundation for Philanthropy and GivingTuesday, 2025–2026. https://publications.fepreports.org/
Giving USA Foundation. Giving USA Special Report: Generations and Giving. Giving USA Foundation, 2025. https://benefactorgrp.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/IQDuKtSkkcbKRpHABWSMDwaEASNc4LggQJ6vADkDtijBHmw
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James, Russell. LinkedIn post. LinkedIn, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7422076427585638401/
M+R. Benchmarks 2026. M+R, April 2026. https://mrbenchmarks.com/
Tomasko, Laura, Hannah Martin, Katie Fallon, Mirae Kim, Lewis Faulk, and Elizabeth Boris. How Government Funding Disruptions Affected Nonprofits in Early 2025: Nationally Representative Findings from the Nonprofit Trends and Impacts Study. Urban Institute, October 2025. https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/How_Government_Funding_Disruptions_Affected_Nonprofits_in_Early_2025.pdf