Portrait of a Giving Community - Philanthropy by the Pakistani-American Diaspora : Philanthropy by the Pakistani-American Diaspora

List of Figures ix List of Tables xi A Note of Thanks xiii Overview 1(8) Context, Constraints and Criteria 9(32) Setting the context 10(3) Research constraints and design 13(2) Data collection, analysis and presentation 15(5) Focus group characteristics 20(6) Survey respondents' characteristics 26(11) Reading the results 37(4) Pakistanis in America 41(52) History 42(13) Demography 55(13) Institutions 68(25) Total Giving 93(18) Calculations and categories 93(4) Total estimated giving 97(4) Distribution of giving 101(2) Faith as a motivation to give 103(3) Philanthropic comparisons 106(5) Trends and Tendencies 111(24) The demographics of giving and volunteering 111(6) Giving by cause 117(6) Giving by issues 123(2) The mechanics of giving 125(10) Attitudes and Preferences 135(24) Why people give 135(2) What makes people give 137(12) Actualizing the giving potential 149(10) Community Perceptions 159(16) Approach to analysis 160(3) Perceptions about the giving patterns of Pakistani-Americans 163(4) Perceptions about current and future challenges 167(3) Impact of community attributes on giving 170(5) What did we learn and what should we do? 175(20) Lessons learnt 176(6) Recommendations 182(9) Next steps 191(4) References 195(6) Notes 201(12) Index 213(8) Annex: Survey Questionnaire 221