The growing income gap between the rich and the poor in America is reshaping generosity across the nation.
The wealthiest Americans are giving a smaller share of their income to charity, while poor and middle-income people are digging deeper into their wallets, according to a new Chronicle analysis of IRS data that shows how charitable giving has been changed by the Great Recession.
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How America GivesThe Income-Inequality Divide Hits Generosity
The loyalty of people with low and moderate incomes has been sustaining some charities. The United Way of Northern New Jersey has been hurt by a big drop in giving by the wealthy, says CEO John Franklin. • Free Summary of the Study -
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As Wealthy Give Smaller Share of Income to Charity, Middle Class Digs Deeper
The Chronicle’s nationwide study, How America Gives, shows the rate of giving declining in most cities and a continued trend of greater generosity in Republican-leaning states. -
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How States Compare and How They Voted in the 2012 Election
Giving as a percentage of adjusted gross income ranged from under 2 to more than 6 percent in 2012, with residents of Millard County, Utah, giving the most. -
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How Much People Give in the Largest Cities
Only two of the 50 biggest metropolitan areas—Salt Lake City and Memphis—gave more than 5 percent of income to charity. -
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Biggest Changes in Generosity
See which states and cities saw the largest gains and losses in the rates of charitable giving. -
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Changing Demographics Help Pull Las Vegas Out of a Charity Slump
A city hit particularly hard by the recession is enjoying a burst of generosity from small donors who have been less transient in recent years. -
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Atlanta Bucks a Bible-Belt Trend With Strong Secular Fundraising
Philanthropy in many Southern cities is fueled largely by religion, but one outlier with a cosmopolitan flair finds success raising cash for health, housing, and other causes. -
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Affluent Suburb Struggles to Make Residents See Need for Local Giving
Lack of deep roots in the community and a preference for giving to local schools make charity support a challenge in Howard County, Md. -
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Prosperity Brings Challenges to North Dakota’s Overmatched Charities
People in need of help are streaming into the state’s oil region, but the area ranks low in its rate of charitable giving. -
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Amid a Giving Slump in Chicago, a Pocket of Generosity Sprouts
Residents of the Windy City are donating less of their income, but an upscale arts district in the Loop sees a cash renaissance for some charities. -
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Chronicle Study of IRS Data Provides Look at How America Gives
State and city rankings, as well as other geographic disparities in charitable giving, are revealed by an analysis of information from taxpayers who itemize.
