Pakistani Diaspora in the USA

Philanthropy research on Pakistani Diaspora by Pakistani Diaspora in the USA Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy The cover design symbolizes philanthropy. The giving hand. Resilient through time. Benevolent yet respectful. Boundless, resonating across boundaries. Shifting across the limits of geography intact; one true timeless spirit. The spirit of giving. To go on the inside back cover About the Centre The Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy government to identify credible partners (PCP) is an independent nonprofit support for social development. Certification also organization licensed under section 42 of provides NPOs a fast track to tax the Companies Ordinance 1984. Located exemption. in Islamabad, it is led by a Board of Directors comprising eminent citizens and Research Studies aim to explore factors leaders from business and civil society that affect/ have the potential to affect the organizations. quantum of philanthropy resources that may be made available for development. PCP was established in August 2001 as a Recent studies include ‘Creating an direct outcome of the Conference on Enabling Legal Framework for Nonprofit Indigenous Philanthropy held in October Organizations’, ‘Philanthropy and 2000 in Islamabad. The Conference, Leadership: A Study on the Giving attended by the President of Pakistan and Practices of High Networth Individuals’, His Highness the Aga Khan, ‘Philanthropy by Pakistani Diaspora in the recommended the setting up of a USA’ and ‘Corporate Philanthropy in “permanent institutional vehicle to Pakistan: The Case of Public Listed promote philanthropy for social Companies’. investment”. 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Certified organizations are then promoted through PCP's website to enable donors and the PAKISTAN CENTRE FOR PHILANTHROPY Philanthropy by Pakistani Diaspora in the USA Highlights from PCP’s pioneering research study which seeks to understand the giving habits and philanthropic impulses of Pakistani diaspora in the USA. Figure 1 This study, the first of its kind by PCP, Estimated Total Annual Giving by Pakistani Diaspora focuses not only on what Pakistani- in the USA (Money, goods and time) Total ~ $1 Billion Americans 'give back' to their country of origin, but also on their non-Pakistan- related giving practices in the USA. It covers a broad range of philanthropic Time volunteered practices; to institutions as well as (43.5 million hours) individuals including cash, in kind, and in ~ $750 million time. The findings are based on 54 focus group discussions conducted in 23 major Money and goods y metropolitan centers around the United ~ $250 million d States, an analysis of 461 completed survey u t questionnaires with respondents from 30 S different states, and perspectives from e individual interviews. h T This study was funded by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation USA and commissioned to the Pakistan Centre for Pakistani Diaspora in the USA Philanthropy through the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. There are about half a million Pakistanis living in the USA today, mostly concentrated in a handful of states and a few major urban centers. Over 60 The field research was conducted by a team percent are concentrated in just four states (New Jersey, New York, California of fifteen researchers led by Professor Adil and Texas). Over 100,000 Pakistanis live in or around New York City. Najam, Associate Professor of Washington DC, Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles also have sizeable International Negotiation & Diplomacy, populations of Pakistani-Americans. The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, The history of Pakistanis in the US can be divided into five contiguous phases, Tufts University. each defined primarily by changes in US immigration regulations. The first Philanthropy

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