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Quiz: What Do You Know About Charitable Giving?

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By:

Randy Lilleston

Updated November 29, 2022

En español

Published November 07, 2022

/ Updated November 29, 2022

8 Questions

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Randy Lilleston is the home page editor for aarp.org. He previously served as editor in chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and CNN.

Quiz: What Do You Know About Charitable Giving?

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  "question" : "According to the National Philanthropic Trust, approximately how much money did Americans give in 2021?",
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    "answer" : "$128 billion",
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  }, {
    "answer" : "$247 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$368 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$485 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "That was a 4 percent increase over 2020, according to the trust.",
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  "question" : "Which of these categories received the most charitable dollars in 2021?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Human services",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Religion",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Education",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Grant-making foundations",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "Religion received 27 percent of all charitable dollars, according to the National Philanthropic Trust.",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? Charity Navigator, the organization that rates charities on a variety of metrics, is itself a nonprofit.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that does not charge the charities it evaluates.",
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}, {
  "question" : "According to Forbes, this was the biggest U.S. charity organization in 2021.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "United Way",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Salvation Army",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Habitat for Humanity",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Feeding America",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "As of 2021, the United Way received $3.85 billion and had $5.2 billion in total revenue in its most recent fiscal year, Forbes reported.",
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}, {
  "question" : "This percentage of Americans reported they volunteered for an organization or association in 2019, according to AmeriCorps.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "25 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "30 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "35 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "40 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The rate has remained stable for the last two decades, according to an AmeriCorps report.",
  "hint" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Traditionally, when is Giving Tuesday?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "The first Tuesday after Christmas",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The first Tuesday of February",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The first Tuesday after Memorial Day",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The first Tuesday after Thanksgiving",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The day is marking its 10th anniversary in 2022. It was designed to encourage people to do good.",
  "hint" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "About this much money is raised through workplace giving annually, according to the nonprofit group America’s Charities.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "$3 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$5 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "$7 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$9 billion",
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  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Much of that has no restrictions on its use, the group says.",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? Adults are more likely to give to charity if their parents gave to charity.",
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    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "That’s according to a 2018 study by the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, (IUPUI) Women’s Philanthropy Institute.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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Randy Lilleston is the home page editor for aarp.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and CNN.

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