The Generosity Commission

The Generosity Commission’s capstone report, Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering, is a rigorous analysis of generosity today— and a call for leaders across the nonprofit, funder, business, and policy sectors to take action to protect and promote this singular asset. The report details commissioned research, expert testimony from scholars and practitioners, and conversations with everyday people. It offers an important snapshot of giving and volunteering with nonprofits today and proposes a set of recommendations to address declines in giving and volunteering rates. Recommendations in the report include ideas for how fundraisers, funders, policymakers and business leaders can better promote giving and volunteering. The shape of generosity continues to change. The Commission’s report invites a wider public conversation about the role everyday giving and volunteering plays in society and the responsibility different sectors have to uphold and encourage it.