The key findings of the 2020 Annual Report on Philanthropy in Serbia. The report was the result of media monitoring (print, broadcast and electronic) of keywords related to domestic philanthropy during the period from January to December 2020. Full data available at: izvestaj.srbijadaruje.org

1. srbijadaruje.org
Giving Serbia
The State of Philanthropy
in Serbia in 2020.
2020 changed everything, including the ways of philanthropic giving.
Catalyst Balkans recorded and analyzed 4,319 instances of philanthropic giving in
Serbia. This is how citizens, companies, and individuals respond to the pandemic
and how they give for the common good of their communities.
Themes
While 1/3 of all instances of philanthropic giving are targeted at eliminating the harmful
effects caused by the coronavirus, the total value of donations for mitigating the
effects of the COVID-19 virus makes 42.1% of the recorded sum and surpasses the
donations for any other theme.
33.7% COVID-19
25.0% Healthcare
14.2% Support to marginalized groups
9.7% Poverty relief
6.9% Education
10.5% Other
Donors
After few years of citizens being the most active and most numerous donors, during a year
of the pandemic, the corporate sector had donated more than half of the recorded sum
among all donors through 38.1% of instances of philanthropic giving.
% of instances % of recorded sum
Recipients
43.4 percent of the total donated amount is directed towards the state and public insti-
tutions due to the pandemic and healthcare crisis. Additionally, the support to the state was
directed through the non-profit organizations as an intermediary.
% of instances % of recorded sum
recorded instances of philantrophic giving
4,319
recorded sum
€50,984,096
estimated sum
€90,295,370
increase in donations compared to 2019
2.7x
Mass individual
Corporate
sector
Individuals
Mixed donors
Private
foundations
Associations
Other
Individuals
and families
Non-profit
organizations
Institutions
Local and
national
government
Other
Donations intended to tackle
effects of the pandemic
Donations unrelated
to the pandemic
Donations intended to tackle
effects of the pandemic
Donations unrelated
to the pandemic
30.1
38.1
18.0
6.2
3.7
3.5
0.4
35.1
50.5
4.8
2.6
3.6
3.2
0.2
33.0
31.6
27.2
7.4
0.8
4.4
48.9
21.3
22.1
3.3