[DrGunsforHands]

Charitable Giving Rises 6 Percent to More than $260 Billion in 2005
Disaster relief tops all records and totals 3 percent of all giving
http://www.aafrc.org/press_releases/trustreleases/0606_PR.pdf

[Wonder Warthog]

"Charitable Giving Rises 6 Percent to More than $260 Billion in 2005"

Thanks for the info. I figured that US private charity would dwarf "government giving".