More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, 54.55 percent of small charities operating in Argentina, Brazil, India, Russia, and South Africa are experiencing difficulty in addressing the needs of their constituents, a report from the Charities Aid Foundation of America finds.

Based on a survey conducted in August of 436 charitable organizations across the five countries, the report, Lessons in Disaster Philanthropy (20 pages, PDF), found that respondents in Argentina were most likely to say they were “thriving” (39.13 percent) or “surviving” (60.87 percent), followed by those in Russia (12.5 percent and 62.5 percent), India (11.81 percent and 55.56 percent), South Africa (6.78 percent and 44.07 percent), and Brazil (6.79 percent and 43.21 percent). Charities in South Africa were most likely to report that they were “experiencing difficulty” (49.15 percent), followed by those in Brazil (46.91 percent), India (30.56 percent), Russia (25 percent), and Argentina (0 percent).

The eighth in a series of surveys launched by CAF America in spring 2020, the report found that small organizations were more likely than large organizations to say they were struggling, with 54.55 percent of those with five or fewer employees experiencing difficulties, while seven in ten of those with at least twenty-one employees were surviving or thriving.

Read the full article about small charities struggling at Philanthropy News Digest.