This year's publication marks the sixth Giving Korea report since the launch of the program in 2001. Giving Korea 2006 has evolved from the 2002 and 2004 publications through modified survey methods and expanded scope.

For this project, about 1,000 subjects were selected based on their demographic diversity and interviewed in person over the course of one month. Questions about philanthropy education and bequest donation were included for the first time as major survey items. Research on philanthropy education is of particular importance in line with the Foundation's fundamental belief that our children must be raised as a new generation of philanthropists. Nearly all respondents to the survey agreed on the importance and need of philanthropy education, further highlighting the urgency of developing and implementing systematic philanthropy education.

Investigations into bequests have produced very meaningful results as well, showing that bequest donation is an area ripe for cultivation in a Korean society with a strong tradition of limiting inheritance to direct offspring. 

This year's Giving Korea has also examined congratulatory and sympathetic contributions, a well-established giving tradition among Koreans, as an attempt to shed light on Korean giving from a cultural perspective.

Foreword                                                            

01 Yuhan-Kimberly Giving Index of Korea

02 Analysis of Giving and Volunteering of Koreans

03 Yuhan-Kimberly Giving Index of Korea Questionnaire

04 Researcher