The Problem
Religious donations play a huge role in the philanthropic world, but environmental causes only make up about 3% of US charitable giving. By extension, religious organizations are one of the highest recipients of philanthropy and possess the potential to be major contributors to environmental causes.
Though Muslims place high significance on charitable giving and volunteerism, few studies have been devoted to how Muslim populations and organizations donate their time and resources to environmental causes in the US or internationally. As the United States grows more diverse in its religious makeup, improved understanding of Muslims’ and other faiths’ attitudes toward and support for environmental causes is needed.