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NEW YORK,��October 21, 2014 /3BL Media/—��From 2010 to 2013,��giving increased for 64% of companies, and it��grew by more than 10% for 52% of companies.��Companies that increased giving since 2010��improved business performance; companies that increased giving by more than 10% since 2010 also increased median revenues by 11% from 2010 to 2013, and pre-tax profits increased for 59% of those companies.��, in association with��, released����an in-depth analysis of corporate giving trends based on Giving in Numbers Survey data from a record 261 of the world’s largest companies.

�ճ����median number of nonprofit partners per corporate grantmaker declined��each year from 2010 to 2013, whereas��grant sizes increased��each year as companies focused societal investment dollars on strategic community partners.��Non-cash giving increased��in recent years, particularly for Service companies, driven by an��expansion of pro bono service programs; half of the companies surveyed offered domestic pro bono programs in 2013 compared to 34% in 2010, with every industry represented in the study of pro bono service for the first time in 2013.

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While giving grew for a majority of companies in the����and the largest giving “increasers” also saw the highest increases in revenues and pre-tax profits, the��rate of growth of giving is slowing. The year 2013 saw the smallest marginal increases in giving (+6%, compared to +17% in 2012) among companies giving 10% or more since the end of the Great Recession and the largest marginal decreases in giving (-6%, compared to -1% in 2012) among all other companies.