Migration of Wealth in New Jersey and the Impact on Wealth and Philanthropy

Provides data on the flow of household wealth and charitable capacity into and out of New Jersey in 1999-2003 and 2004-08. Examines the impact of the net influx and outflow on expected giving, the characteristics of migrating households, and implications

A Golden Age of Philanthropy Still Beckons: National Wealth Transfer and Potential for Philanthropy Technical Report

This report provides estimates of wealth transfer and philanthropic giving by households during the period from 2007 through 2011, with one study focused on the households in North Dakota, and another focused on household wealth transfer and charitable giving at the national level. Includes projections of individual charitable giving during the next half century. With bibliographical references

Polyimides with carbonyl and ether connecting groups between the aromatic rings

New polyimides have been prepared from the reaction of aromatic dianhydrides with novel aromatic diamines containing carbonyl and ether connecting groups between the aromatic rings. Several of these polyimides are shown to be semi-crystalline as evidenced by wide angle x ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. Most of the polyimides form tough solvent resistant films with high tensile properties. Several of these materials can be thermally processed to form solvent and base resistant moldings

Methyl substituted polyimides containing carbonyl and ether connecting groups

Polyimides were prepared from the reaction of aromatic dianhydrides with novel aromatic diamines having carbonyl and ether groups connecting aromatic rings containing pendant methyl groups. The methyl substituent polyimides exhibit good solubility and form tough, strong films. Upon exposure to ultraviolet irradiation and/or heat, the methyl substituted polyimides crosslink to become insoluble

Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Charitable Giving Indices: Social Indicators of Philanthropy by State

Ranks each state's total charitable giving in 2004 relative to the financial capacity of its population to give, with separate indices for before-tax income, after-tax income, and after-tax income adjusted for two cost-of-living measures

A Golden Age of Philanthropy?: The Impact of the Great Wealth Transfer on Greater Boston

Estimates the baseline household wealth and the expected wealth transfer in the Boston metropolitan area over the next fifty years. Examines the distribution of wealth, final estates, and charitable bequests, and analyzes the transfer's significance

Wealth and the Commonwealth: new findings on wherewithal and philanthropy

Drawing in large part on the 1995 Survey of Consumer Finances, the authors describe the pattern of charitable giving by families at the upper reaches of income and wealth, as well as across the income spectrum. The overriding empirical motif is that the distribution of charitable giving is more highly skewed toward the upper end of the financial spectrum than previously documented, and that there appears to be a trend toward becoming even more so. The overriding theoretical motif is that income and wealth are so thoroughly imbricated, especially at the upper end of the financial spectrum, that the analyses of the determinants of charitable giving need to shift from their current focus on the dynamics of income to a complementary focus on the dynamics of wealth

Geography and Generosity: Boston and Beyond

Presents findings from a study of the giving patterns of residents of Boston, Massachusetts, and New England, compared with other cities, states, and regions, based on an index created as an alternative to the Catalog for Philanthropy's Generosity Index

Why the $41 Trillion Wealth Transfer Estimate Is Still Valid: A Review of Challenges and Questions

Despite the economic downturn and the fall of the equity markets, the nationally noted projection that a wealth transfer of at least $41 trillion will take place in the United States by the year 2052 remains valid. Following a thorough review of our 1999 report "Millionaires and the Millennium: New Estimates of the Forthcoming Wealth Transfer and the Prospects for a Golden Age of Philanthropy," we conclude in this article that its projections have not been significantly affected by recent and prevailing economic conditions. The current report reviews the validity of the$41 trillion estimate in light of recent economic conditions, as well as several other critical challenges. While the new commentary does not explicitly deal with the middle- and upper-growth scenarios, the arguments made in support of the $41 trillion estimate often apply to the higher estimates. The principal conclusion is that the$41 trillion estimate remains valid as a 2% growth estimate, even in light of recessionary growth, depressed stock market, and several other criticisms discussed in th

Heat and Moisture Conduction in Unsaturated Soils

Mathematical models are developed for the prediction of heat transfer from hot water pipes buried in the soil. Heat transfer in the absence of moisture transfer is described as a function of the difference between the temperature of the pipe and the temperature of the soil surface. The energy balance is used to determine the longitudinal temperature distribution of the water. The method is extended to describe a system of equally spaced, parallel buried pipes. Soil temperature profiles around the pipes are presented. The model is used to calculate the land area that can be heated by an underground piping system carrying cooling water from the condensers of a 1000 MW nuclear-electric plant. A new development of the phenomenological equations for coupled heat and moisture flow, based on the theory of Irreversible Thermodynamics, is presented. Solutions of the equations for boundary conditions representative of buried piping systems designed for simultaneous soil heating and irrigation are presented