As wealth has become much more concentrated among the rich, it appears that the kinds of charities preferred by wealthier people are seeing disproportional growth.

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-wealth-gap-in-philanthropy

Cinthia Schuman Ottinger examines the DATA Act’s potential to shed light on nonprofit spending.

https://marketsforgood.org/the-data-act-a-look-ahead

Collectively, the 50 top givers donated $11.1 billion in 2015, and more than $127 billion over their lifetimes.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2016/10/05/meet-americas-top-givers-of-2015/#78f72f9b688a

For the first time, two generations from the same family appear on Forbes’s list of America’s 50 top givers.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2016/10/05/two-generations-of-givers-how-the-simons-family-passed-on-the-philanthropy-gene/#2fa279ca6d1f

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Nonprofit leaders have been saying forever that they need more general support, and lately, it's been encouraging to hear some funders saying the same thing.

http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/10/6/self-sacrifice-doesnt-equal-impact-a-funder-gets-real-about.html

As donor-advised-fund sponsors are becoming America’s biggest charitable entities, concerns about them become ever more consequential. This blogger’s opinion piece describes them.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Charities-and/238202

This report highlights lessons learned about how new tools could help nonprofits better measure their impact and secure a more sustainable stream of public funding.

http://socialfinance.org/content/uploads/2016/10/AmplifyImpact_Final-1.pdf

More people than ever before are helping others in countries across the globe, according to the CAF World Giving Index, the unique global index of generosity.

https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/media-office/new-global-league-table-of-giving-shows-world-becomes-more-generous-than-ever

Wealthy clients are looking to give, but advisors are falling short.

http://beta.wealthmanagement.com/high-net-worth/advisors-need-step-their-philanthropy-game