Philanthropy Panel Study
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The Philanthropy Panel Study (PPS), formerly known as the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study-COPPS, follows the same families’ philanthropic behaviors throughout their lives. The study provides nonprofit sector professionals, fundraisers, policymakers and public officials a unique perspective of families’ giving and volunteering behaviors over time. Collection of the Philanthropy Panel Study data within the Panel Study on Income Dynamics was begun in 2001 with funding from the Atlantic Philanthropies, with continuing waves funded by partnering donors; recent institutional donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Fidelity Charitable Catalyst Fund, Givelify Foundation, Google. Org Charitable Giving Fund, and the John Templeton Foundation.