CATALOGUE WELCOMES STUDY *

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Catalogue Welcomes Study *

Incidentally, the Catalogue welcomes the news that the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College will conduct, with Boston Foundation funding, a thorough scientific study of charitable giving in relation to wealth in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, and New England, all in comparison with other regions of the country.  Since 1997 when we first introduced the Generosity Index™ as, in our words, “crude but telling”, not as science but only as information for public-awareness purposes, a summary of the best available data on giving in relation to income, we have repeatedly called upon the academic community to provide better numbers—the rigorous data and analysis philanthropy needs.  We therefore await the results of the BC study with great interest and grateful enthusiasm. 

*Catalogue for Philanthropy, Massachusetts 2004, p. 5.