Giving in Kansas City report

Released July 9 to an audience of more than 300 Kansas City-area nonprofit professionals, and in special sessions with grantmakers, board volunteers and philanthropists, Giving in Kansas City 2008 gives us statistical support for what many of us have suspected all along: Kansas Citians are a very generous lot.

So much so that household giving outpaces national averages by a range of 50% to as much as two times greater for various demographics. And, across all income levels, Kansas Citians give more per household than others across the nation.

Benchmarked against Giving USA, the authoritative source for tracking philanthropic giving in America for more than half a century, and researched by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Giving in Kansas City received tremendous attention in local media. Visit our site, as well as the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and Kansas City’s Nonprofit Connect to download a copy of the report, the July 9 presentation on Giving in Kansas City and Giving USA, and to connect to links to KCUR’s coverage on Up to Date with Steve Kraske and front-page coverage in The Kansas City Star.

Starting July 15, the Kansas City nonprofit community can register to attend one of six sessions co-sponsored by JB&A and Nonprofit Connect, along with the Community Foundation, this Fall to look at specific sector data and to share our collective experience with fundraising and how we are reponding to challenges in the current economy.