Resolves YES if the headline 2026 total in Giving USA 2027 (expected mid-2027) is above $640 billion in current dollars, and NO otherwise. Later revisions don’t count.
Scored forecasts must be strictly before 2027-05-31T00:00:00.000Z (UTC). Date-only closing values mean midnight UTC, not the end of that day.
Background
Giving USA 2026 estimated total U.S. giving at $617.2 billion for 2025, up 5.7 percent in current dollars. Growth of about 3.7 percent in 2026 would put the total at $640 billion. Market returns, inflation and large bequests all move the number from year to year.
Why it matters
Total giving is the system’s headline number. Charitology’s argument is that the total matters less than where it goes, and this question tracks the baseline.
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