'People were calling America stingy'

The U.S. is by far the most generous nation on earth – especially toward developing nations. But who is leading the way? It's not foreign aid from the U.S. government, but increasingly generous contributions from religious congregations around the country.

And despite a deepening worldwide recession, giving among America's religious congregations remains extremely high, according to the latest "Index of Global Philanthropy."

"The purpose of the report was to take a look at exactly how much money was going overseas from private institutions, including churchs, foundations, corporations, and traditional charities," says Carol Adelman, director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Global Prosperity.

She spoke with Greg Corombos of Radio America/WND. The audio of the exchange is embedded here:

Adelman says "people were calling American stingy" despite that fact U.S. foreign aid is more than twice the amount provided by the second largest donor.

"Americans just give abroad the way they do here domestically.

"They like to go through their local institutions and that's how they're doing it overseas as well."

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