Donation statistics and giving benchmarks, with sources
Figures on cash versus contactless giving, faith giving, platform fees, and giving by state, each attributed to the study it comes from.
Reports by topic
Use them to compare giving channels and set targets you can defend to your board.
Faith giving
- Religious giving statistics: how Americans give across faithsVerified religious giving statistics with named sources: religion drew $146.54B (23% of US giving) in 2024 per Giving USA 2025, plus Muslim zakat, Jewish household, and congregational data from Lake Institute, ISPU, and the Lilly Family School.
- Mosque giving statistics: US Muslim charity and zakat by the numbersA sourced roundup of US mosque and Muslim giving data: average household zakat, total annual giving, Ramadan concentration, and mosque budgets, drawn from the Lilly Family School and ISPU.
- Ramadan giving statistics: how much Muslims give, and whenSourced Ramadan giving data from LaunchGood and the Lilly Family School: zakat concentration, the last-ten-nights lift, and how much Muslim Americans give.
- How many mosques are in the US? The US Mosque Survey numbersA sourced statistics roundup on how many mosques are in America, decade-by-decade growth, attendance, location, and budgets, drawn from the US Mosque Survey 2020 by ISPU and the Hartford Institute.
- Church digital giving statistics: what the data shows in 2026A cite-ready roundup of church digital and online giving statistics, drawn from Lifeway Research, Vanco, Pushpay, and Giving USA: adoption rates, online share of the offering, and the recurring-giving effect.
Fees and payments
- What donation platforms and processors charge: a 2026 fee benchmarkA sourced 2026 benchmark of nonprofit payment processing and platform fees: Stripe, PayPal, and Square published rates, typical platform-fee ranges, and the donor-tip model, each attributed to a named public source.
- Do donors cover processing fees? What the opt-in studies actually showNamed, dated statistics on whether donors cover processing fees: NextAfter's 60% opt-in but 38.5% conversion drop, Funraise's ~90% opt-in and $3.5M covered, and the revenue trade-off researchers and vendors report.
- Donation kiosk statistics: how giving moved from cash to contactlessSourced data on declining cash use, contactless and tap-to-pay adoption, and online versus in-person gift sizes, drawn from the Federal Reserve, Visa, Mastercard, M+R Benchmarks, GivingTuesday, and Giving USA.
When and where people give
- Year-end giving statistics: how much nonprofits raise in DecemberVerified year-end giving statistics for December campaigns: the share of annual online revenue raised in December, the last week, and December 31, sourced to M+R Benchmarks 2026, Nonprofit Tech for Good, and the GivingTuesday Data Commons.
- GivingTuesday statistics: dollars raised and people who giveA sourced roundup of GivingTuesday figures: US dollars donated, participant counts, volunteer and advocacy numbers, and growth by year, each cited to the GivingTuesday Data Commons and dated for easy reference.
- Recurring donation statistics: retention, lifetime value, and revenue shareRecurring donation statistics on monthly donor retention, lifetime value, and the share of online giving revenue, sourced from Neon One, M+R Benchmarks, and the Fundraising Effectiveness Project.
- Which US states give the most to charity?A sourced, ranked look at the most charitable states by share of income donated, drawing on WalletHub's 2025 index, IRS Statistics of Income, and Giving USA 2025, with a clear note on methodology.