Giving to Education Groups Up 5.25% in 1994, Report Says

By Meg Sommerfeld

Charitable giving by individuals, foundations, and corporations to nonprofit groups increased about 3.6 percent last year, barely keeping pace with inflation, according to an annual philanthropy report released last week.

Last year, education groups fared slightly better than the nonprofit sector as a whole, with a 5.25 percent increase over 1993.

Nonprofit education groups received $16.7 billion last year, according to "Giving U.S.A.," the report issued by the American Association of Fundraising Council's Trust for Philanthropy, based...