This statistic shows U.S. survey respondents' answers to a question about whether they were more inclined to give their time, money or both as donations to nonprofit organizations in 2012. Survey respondents were from generation Y, aged 20 to 35 years old. 37 percent of survey respondents said that they preferred to give both time and money to help support nonprofits.
Generation Y's preferences for donating their time and/or money to nonprofits, United States 2012
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Achieve, & Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates. (April 30, 2012). Generation Y's preferences for donating their time and/or money to nonprofits, United States 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235473/generation-ys-preferences-for-donating-time-vs-money-to-nonprofits-in-the-us/
Achieve, und Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates. "Generation Y's preferences for donating their time and/or money to nonprofits, United States 2012." Chart. April 30, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235473/generation-ys-preferences-for-donating-time-vs-money-to-nonprofits-in-the-us/
Achieve, Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates. (2012). Generation Y's preferences for donating their time and/or money to nonprofits, United States 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235473/generation-ys-preferences-for-donating-time-vs-money-to-nonprofits-in-the-us/
Achieve, and Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates. "Generation Y's Preferences for Donating Their Time And/or Money to Nonprofits, United States 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235473/generation-ys-preferences-for-donating-time-vs-money-to-nonprofits-in-the-us/
Achieve & Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates, Generation Y's preferences for donating their time and/or money to nonprofits, United States 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235473/generation-ys-preferences-for-donating-time-vs-money-to-nonprofits-in-the-us/ (last visited January 30, 2023)
Generation Y's preferences for donating their time and/or money to nonprofits, United States 2012 [Graph], Achieve, & Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates, April 30, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235473/generation-ys-preferences-for-donating-time-vs-money-to-nonprofits-in-the-us/