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Each year, we are able to extend the reach of free knowledge to new corners of the world thanks to the 2% of readers who support our mission. If Wikipedia is important and useful to you as well, join them and donate Rs 500, 1500, 4000 or whatever you think is appropriate today.

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for the planet and the future. In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found in 2007 that US households in the lowest wealth quintile, on average, donated a higher percentage of their
income to charity than households in the top quintile.[2] Charity Navigator writes that according to Giving USA, Americans donated $298 billion in 2011 (about 2% of GDP).[3] Most of the
donations came from private individuals (73%), followed by legacies (approx. 12%), foundations (2%) and just under 1% from

companies. The largest giving sector was religious organizations (32%), followed by education (13%).Giving has increased 3 out of every 4 years since 1971 (with occasional dips in recession years).[3]

Blackbaud reports that online donations in the United States increased 11% in 2012 over the previous year. In 2012, the share of all online fundraisers was around 7%. That number is up from 6% in 2011 and is nearing an all-time high of 8% since 2010 as online donations surged in response to the Haiti earthquake relief effort. Steve MacLaughlin notes in the report that "the internet has now become the preferred donor channel for disaster relief and other

The 2015 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report found that online giving increased by 9% compared to 2014. Additionally, online donations accounted for 7% of all fundraising, 14% of all
online donations made through mobile devices. Donations made as part of the international online donation day #GivingTuesday increased by 52% compared to the previous year. We want
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In Australia, statistics are provided annually by the Australian Revenue Service (ATO) in the form of detailed tables detailing each tax return line by sex, age, income and state/territory. In Australia, individuals file a tax return based on their personal income level and source(s).Unlike other Western jurisdictions, tax returns cannot be filed as a couple or as a family, and there are no standard gift deductions.

The latest year of available data (2019-2020) includes summer bushfires in Australia and the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019-20, 14.9 million Australians filed a tax return and 4.3 million declared a donation to an organization eligible as a Deductible Donor (DGR).[6] The total amount of donations made and declared as tax-deductible donations in Australia in 2019-20 was US$3.85 billion (up from US$3.93 billion the previous year). This represented a decrease of 2.11%, or $83 million, from revenue a year earlier.The average tax-deductible donation to DGR reported by Australian taxpayers in 2019-2020 was $886.75 (up from $933.20 the previous year). That's a drop of 4.98%.We want everyone to have equal access to knowledge forever

It should be noted that the ATO data does not represent all donations at all, but is limited to the GDR payments made by individual taxpayers. Also, not all gifts are reclaimed due to an oversight or a conscious decision not to reclaim them. In general, people whose income comes from an annuity (personal pension scheme) do not have to pay taxes or file declarations, so their donations are not counted. Also, the figures do not include donations from

trusts or corporations, or donations from overseas non-Australian taxpayers. The ATO record also excludes other forms of donation, such as B. (voluntary) time or goods worth less than $5,000.

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announces the start of the Wikimedia Foundation's December fundraiser, an annual Internet tradition as believable as year-end letters and April Fool's jokes.This year, WMF -- the non-profit organization that manages Wikipedia.org -- hopes to raise $25 million to keep the site "online and growing." If you're reading this, you can bet that if you don't donate, the 7th largest website in the world could fail. We want everyone to have equal access to knowledge forever

In fact, it couldn't be further away

People come up to me during fundraising season and ask if Wikipedia is in trouble," said Andrew Lih, associate professor of journalism at American University and author of The Wikipedia Revolution."I have to assure you that not only is Wikipedia not in trouble, but it's making more money than ever and is in no danger of going away."

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