Carissa Graves, the wife of Congressman Garret Graves, has been hired by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to boost the nonprofit’s philanthropic base. She will join BRAF in a senior role beginning July 1.
Charitable giving in the U.S. reached a record $485 billion in 2021, though the increase did not keep pace with inflation, according to a report this morning offering a comprehensive look at American philanthropy.
Forty-three percent of Americans say they have lost trust in a nonprofit at some point in time, with 83% of those saying that made them unwilling to support that group, according to a new survey.