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2006 Charitable Contributions by Type of Recipient Organization

(in billions)

Type of organization	Amount contributed	Percent
Total	$295.02	100.0%
Religion	96.82	32.8
Education	40.98	13.9
Human services	29.56	10.0
Health	20.22	6.9
Foundations¹	29.50	10.0
Unallocated giving	$26.08	8.8%
Public-society benefit	21.41	7.3
Arts, culture, and humanities	12.51	4.2
Environment/animals	6.6	2.2
International affairs	11.34	3.8

NOTE: All figures are rounded. Total may not be 100%.

1. Estimate.

Source: Giving USA Foundation/Giving USA 2007.

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