Giving USA has been reporting on charitable donations since nineteen fifty-six. The group estimates that about seventy-five million households gave to at least one charitable organization in the United States last year. A household is one or more people living in a home.
美国施惠基金会自1956年开始就一直发布慈善捐款报告。该组织估计,去年美国大约有7500万户家庭至少向一家慈善组织捐过款。户是指一个家庭有一人或多人居住。
The largest share of charitable giving goes to religious groups. Giving USA says they received thirty-five percent of all donations in twenty-ten. Some people give a percentage of their pay to religious organizations.
最大份额的慈善捐赠流向了宗教组织,美国施惠基金会称2010年收到的捐赠占全部捐赠的35%,有的人支出一部分收入用于捐赠宗教组织。
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Schools and other education related organizations were second on the list ,they received an estimated forteen percent of all charitable giving last year.