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ABOUT BROWARD: DEMOGRAPHICS AND GIVING TRENDS Broward County residents who make charitable giving a priority in their lives have helped our community rise above a concerning statewide trend in philanthropy. As Florida’s population and wealth continue to grow through the years, the percentage of people reporting charitable donations is on the decline. The Florida Nonprofit Alliance (FNA) documented this “soft giving” culture in its 2021 report that explored a decade of the state’s giving trends. It shows that the number of Florida residents reporting donations has declined,
despite the growth in the state’s population and wealth. The report found that just 7.4% of Florida tax filers reported making charitable contributions, compared to 9.7% nationally
by Florida tax filers in 2018. The study determined that a concentration of high-income donors in South Florida drives Florida’s charitable giving.
in 2018 (the most recent tax filing data available). Broward’s charitable “participation rate” was 9.5%, which ranked 9th out of the state’s 67 counties.
FNA’s review of tax filings also shows that charitable giving by Broward residents has been trending upward during the past decade, averaging $1.2 billion a year between 2016 and 2018.
In addition, the FNA study found that the donors in just four South Florida counties – Broward along with Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Collier counties – generated nearly half (46%) of all charitable gifts reported
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POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS 2019
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It’s important to note that donations reported on tax returns don’t reflect all the charitable giving in Broward and beyond. Also, federal tax law changes that took effect in 2018 have resulted in
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$59,547 $55,660 62.1% 65.0% 1,952,778 21,477,375 40 42 85% 85% Source: U.S. Census Bureau
