In accordance with new analysis from BBB’s Give.org, Atheist, Agnostic, and unaffiliated individuals are much less more likely to report excessive belief in charities, report contributing over the previous three yr, or say that they’re open to charity solicitation. For instance, among the many religiously affiliated (together with Catholic, Hindus, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, and Protestant individuals) 28.0% say they extremely belief charities. By comparability, solely 10.5% say the identical amongst Agnostics, Atheists and the Unaffiliated.
The standards-based, charity-evaluation group right this moment launched the Give.org Donor Belief Report 2024: Belief and Giving Attitudes Throughout U.S. Areas and Non secular Affiliation. The report, a survey of greater than 2,200 adults in the USA (and a separate part with greater than 1,000 adults in Canada), affords a glimpse at how individuals with totally different self-reported non secular affiliation (and from totally different U.S. areas) fluctuate of their charity belief and giving attitudes.
Atheist, Unaffiliated, and Agnostic individuals are least more likely to say they want charities to method them extra. For instance, 1.1% of Atheists, 5.4% of Unaffiliated, and 6.6% of Agnostics say they want charities to method them extra, as in comparison with 13.5% total.
“We wish to higher perceive how declining non secular participation impacts the charitable sector. Our newest report reveals that non secular affiliation is related to larger belief in charities, together with secular charity classes.” mentioned H. Artwork Taylor, President and CEO of BBB’s Give.org, “For charities, these outcomes sign an incentive to create neighborhood round their trigger, for each non secular and secular supporters.”
BBB’s Give.org urges donors to offer thoughtfully by taking the time to take a look at charities earlier than making a donation and to go to Give.org to confirm if a charity meets the 20 BBB Requirements for Charity Accountability.
Extra report highlights embrace:
- Atheists, Agnostics, and Unaffiliated individuals are much less more likely to report excessive belief in charities than individuals with different non secular affiliations. For instance, 4.6% of Atheists, 13.2% of Unaffiliated, and eight.4% of Agnostics report excessive belief in charities, as in comparison with 22.1% total (See p.13 of DTR 2024)
- Respondents have been requested to evaluate their belief throughout 13 totally different charity classes. Contributors figuring out as Unaffiliated, Atheist, or Agnostic are typically much less trusting of various charity classes. For instance, 9.2% of Atheists, 8.4% of Unaffiliated, and 9.4% of Agnostics report excessive belief for civil rights and neighborhood motion organizations, as in comparison with 18.2% total. (See p. 14 and 16)
- Atheists, Unaffiliated, and Agnostics individuals are almost definitely to report no contributions over the previous 3 years. 29.9% of Atheists, 29.7% of Unaffiliated, and 23.6% of Agnostics report making no contributions over the previous 3 years, as in comparison with 19.3% total. (See p. 27)
Supply: BBB Sensible Giving Alliance
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