Charity Charity is essential to American life By Howard Husock October 11, 2021 05:46 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Charity Charity is essential to American life By Howard Husock October 11, 2021 05:46 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print It is easy to take the extent of charitable giving in the United States for granted. It often gets mentioned only at the end of the year, when taxpayers are rushing to make donations in order to claim a charitable tax deduction, or, more recently, on Giving Tuesday, the “independent sector” version of Black Friday. Occasionally, one will read that Americans are the most generous people on Earth — which is certainly true, measured by the amount of GDP dedicated to charity (more than 2%, twice the EU average). But such observations vastly understate the...