Information that makes me lean toward “most giving is local”:
In 2017, roughly 31% of all American donations went to religious institutions, and I’d guess that almost all of that money was for local churches and missions. Only 6% of giving was international.
More than half of all animal-related giving goes to animal shelters (again, I assume these are mostly local shelters).
Many popular giving categories are almost exclusively local: Community centers, food banks, museums, charity hospitals...
Information that makes me lean toward “most giving is local”:
In 2017, roughly 31% of all American donations went to religious institutions, and I’d guess that almost all of that money was for local churches and missions. Only 6% of giving was international.
More than half of all animal-related giving goes to animal shelters (again, I assume these are mostly local shelters).
Many popular giving categories are almost exclusively local: Community centers, food banks, museums, charity hospitals...