美國人慈善捐贈突破4000億美元

A robust stock market and a healthy economy has allowed Americans to donate more generously than ever before.

The Giving USA report, released Tuesday, said donations from individuals, estates, foundations and corporations topped the $400 billion mark for the first time in 2017, up 5.2 percent from the estimate of $389.64 billion for 2016.

Gifts to foundations saw the biggest gain in 2017, rising 15.5 percent, driven by large gifts from philanthropists to their own foundations, like the $1 billion gift from Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, and $2 billion from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

The second-largest increase was an 8.7 percent increase to arts, culture and humanities. The only sector that did not fare well was international affairs, which saw a decrease of 4.4 percent.

Fundraisers across the U.S. fear the possibility of looming trade wars and changes in U.S. tax laws could negatively affect future donations.強勁的股市和健康的經濟讓美國人做出更慷慨的慈善捐贈。

美國施惠基金會星期二公佈的報告說，來自個人、資產託管會、基金會和公司2017年的慈善捐贈總額首次突破4000億美元，比2016年的約3896億美元增長了5.2%。

各種基金會2017年得到的捐贈增幅最大，漲幅爲15.5%，其中主要來自各慈善家向自己基金會的捐贈，例如，戴爾公司首席執行官麥克·戴爾和他的妻子蘇珊捐贈了10億美元，臉書首席執行官扎克伯格和他妻子普莉希拉·陳捐贈了20億美元。

漲幅第二大的是向藝術、文化和人文領域的捐贈。唯一境況不佳的是國際事務領域，收到的捐贈比2016年減少了4.4%。

美國各地籌集慈善捐款的人士擔心，發生貿易戰的前景和美國稅法修改會導致未來的捐款減少。