How Couples Approach Philanthropy 2017

Giving and togetherness go hand in hand, according to a new Fidelity Charitable survey of donors who are married or live with a partner, which found that not only do 81 percent of donors make giving decisions as a couple, they also overwhelmingly agree on those decisions.

Fidelity found most attached people are usually on the same page with charitable giving because 60 percent of the 694 married and partnered couples who were surveyed said they agreed on how they make donation decisions.

The survey did discover some differences between men and women. More men said they share equally with their partners in decisions about which charities to support and how much to give to each, while more women said they make most of these decisions alone.

Key highlights from the report include:

• 81 percent of couples say they make giving decisions together
• 11 percent of couples, on average, disagree on which charities to support or how much and which assets to give to charity
• 52 percent of couples discuss an overall charitable budget for the year
• 31 percent of couples discuss what assets to contribute
• 76 percent of couples discuss which charitable organizations to support
• 70 percent of couples discuss how much to give to specific charitable organizations

See the full report here : How Couples Give 2017

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