National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted December 15-16, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How likely are you to make a charitable donation of some kind at this time of year – very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, not at all likely?

41% Very likely
21% Somewhat likely
20% Not very likely
16% Not at all likely
2% Not sure

2* Compared to a year ago, are you giving more to charity, less to charity, or about the same amount to charity?

12% More

39% Less
44% About the same
5% Not sure

3* When you give money to a charity, how confident are you that the money is used effectively?

37% Very confident

35% Somewhat confident
15% Not very confident
7% Not at all confident
5% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence