Infographic for the Annual Report on the State of Philanthropy in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018.

1. THE STATE OF PHILANTHROPY
IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
IN 2018
2032 €7.9M €2.3
recorded
instances
average donation
per citizen
estimated value of
donations
DONORS
recorded instances
recorded instances
recorded sum
recorded sum
48.5%
31.3%
9.2%
8.3%
0.3%
2.4%
THEMES FOR GIVING
healthcare
support to marginalized groups
education
poverty relief
other themes
In 2018 Catalyst Balkans processed 7,404 reports on charitable giving in the Giving
Balkans database. This represents mass individual giving, donations by companies and
individuals for the development of their communities.
Although with a decrease in percentage, citizens continue to have
the strongest presence with 48.5% of instances. Slight reduction in
activity is also seen with the corporate sector which is the second
ranked donor (31.3%).
The four main supported themes retained donors’ interest this year as
well, with a total 76.2% of all instances of charitable giving: healthcare
(26.3%), support to marginalized groups (23.4%),
education (17.8%) and poverty relief (8.7%).
26.3%
23.4%
17.8%
8.7%
23.8%
individuals/families
nonprofit organizations
institutions
local/national government
other
institutions
nonprofit organizations
individuals/families
local/national government
other
32.9%
30.8%
28.1%
6.6%
1.6%
References
givingbalkans.org catalystbalkans.org
RECIPIENT ENTITIES
The highest percentage of donation instances was directed
towards individual/family recipients, with an increase up to 37%.
An increase is also noted for the local/national governments (5.6%),
which are in the fourth position, while the second-ranked nonprofit
organizations (32.4%) experienced a slight decrease. The institutions
were supported with the same frequency level as last year.
37.0%
32.4%
23.5%
5.6%
1.5%
37.0%
29.9%
17.7%
14.0%
0.2%
1.2%
mass individual
corporate sector
mixed donors
individuals
private foundations
other
mass individual
corporate sector
mixed donors
individuals
private foundations
other