Individual
Giving Levels
Corporate Giving Levels
INDIVIDUAL
GIVING LEVELS
The appropriate charitable giving amount will be different for every person. Deciding
how much to give to charity can be influenced by many factors beside your financial
picture, including your family situation, retirement goals, and personal values and
passions. A professional advisor can help you determine your appropriate charitable giving
level. In addition, here are a few resources that may help you get started:
Newtithing Group
www.newtithing.org
The Newtithing Group is a philanthropic research organization founded to encourage
individuals and institutions to increase their charitable giving, by helping prospective
donors determine their ability to give based on current income, investment assets and
expenses. The organization was founded by Claude Rosenberg, author of "Wealthy and
Wise, How You and America Can Get the Most Out of Your Giving."
The One Percent Club
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 612.455.5198
E-mail: luis.siojo@ppl-inc.org
Web:
www.onepercentclub.org
The One Percent Club is a voluntary association of people of means in Minnesota who
are committed to annually giving 1 percent or more of their net worth, or 5 percent of
their income, whichever is greater, to the worthy cause(s) of their choice.
The Stages of Giving
by Kenneth N. Dayton
"Stages of Giving" tells the story of a lifetime of giving in the words
of the late Ken Dayton. He and his wife, Judy, started out in 1945 giving $1,250, and their gifts
to date total over $100 million. In this publication, Dayton shared his nine-stage giving
process to help others learn how to move from what he called a minimal response to a
creative and thoughtful maximum giving strategy. Read a summary
of Dayton's nine stages of giving (PDF, 1 page). To order the full
publication, use the Giving
Resources Order Form.
