During the week leading up to the Kansas City presentation of Giving USA, JBA’s Jennifer Furla joined in a discussion about philanthropy in Kansas City on KCUR’s news talk show, Up to Date.

Here is the program summary, as described on the KCUR online archives:

There’s no debate that times are tough with foreclosures and lay-offs everywhere you turn.  However, even though this year witnessed the first decline of charitable giving in decades, people still manage to give to charitable causes.  In fact, Kansas City is one of the most giving cities in the nation.

Steve Kraske talks with Patrick Rooney, the executive director of the Center on Philanthropy, Jennifer Furla, the executive vice president of Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, and Jaclyn Steiner, the Assistant Vice President of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.  They examine how although national giving has declined slightly, things may be on the upswing in Kansas City as the city’s average high-income individual giving is twice the national average.

Listen to the program here: Up to Date – A discussion about philanthropic giving in Kansas City and the nation [Source: archive.kcur.org]