is bringing america together by helping connect organizations to those in need this holiday season. joining us today is philanthropy round table president and ceo, alise. thank you for having me. what is the state of philanthropy round table? we are seeing that he had that the trend is continuing this year. we are seeing even during the pandemic and economic uncertainty over the past several years, charitable given has grown and we had exceptional giving tuesday, the final numbers are in for the year but it s hopeful that it s another record-breaking year. mike: we have been talking about inflation in recent months, is inflation having an impact on giving? well, i think there are many americans who are struggling but even despite everything that s been going on and the challenges that people are facing, they are continuing to be very generous. you know, we just have faced so