60 percent of HNI Donors are Below 30 Years in India

77 percent of the interviewed young entrepreneurs have less than three years of philanthropic experience. Whereas 74 percent of donors in U.S. have three to five years experience in philanthropy. The amount pledged for charity in U.S. is also much more than India that is 9.1 percent of their income, which has set a benchmark array in philanthropy.

“Last year’s India census figures showed that 53.2 per cent of people in India own cell phones but only 49.8 per cent of people have access to toilet facility. Also, 50 per cent of Indian people defecate in the open. Sanitation continues to be a taboo subject, like leprosy, liberation of woman and HIV. But just like these issues, the subject needs to be addressed first to make a change in the right direction”, says Jack Sim, Founder of WTO, as quoted by Indianexpress.

While education was the most popular area to focus on in charity, but donations to food and clothing saw a rise in 2011.