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Snapshot of the giving landscape in Singapore.
Individual giving
National Volunteerism Rate
| 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2021 |
| 32% | 18% | 35% | 29% | 22% |
Proportion of Singapore residents and non-residents who volunteered in the past 12 months.
National Donation Rate
| 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2021 |
| 91% | 83% | 76% | 79% | 60% |
Proportion of Singapore residents and non-residents who volunteered in the past 12 months.
Source: Individual Giving Study, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre
Corporate giving
Corporate Giving Rate
| 2017 | 2021 |
| *52% | 75% |
*The 2017 Corporate Giving Rate only included companies who gave via investment, but not companies who gave via integration or institutionalisation without investment (see definitions of “investment”, “integration” and “institutionalisation” in the table below). For the purposes of comparison, the proportion of companies who gave via investment was 67% in 2021.
Ways of Giving
| 2017 | 2021 | |
| Investment Includes employee volunteering, cash donations and donations-in-kind. |
52% | 67% |
| Integration Integrating community engagement into business functions, such as raising awareness or supporting causes as part of marketing or branding campaigns. |
NA | 50% |
| Institutionalisation Includes institutional policies, systems and incentives, such as paid volunteer leave and employee payroll deductions. |
NA | 43% |
Source: Corporate Giving Study, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre
1NVPC renamed the surveys to studies from 2018.
