Here Are The Most Generous, Giving Towns In Missouri
It’s not necessarily the amount of money that makes a town generous, but rather the percentage of the resident’s income that is donated to charities. Philanthropy.com studied the nation’s giving, then broke it down into municipal areas. According to the site, Missouri’s residents donated a total of $3,163,674,000 in 2012, which was 3.38% of the population’s total income. Most interestingly, those in lower income levels had a higher giving percentage. Residents making under $25,000 per year gave an impressive 8.94% of their income to charity. Let’s see how the cities stacked up.
The city of St. Louis may not be the most generous by percentage, but with total charitable contributions of almost $2 billion in 2012, it's still pretty impressive. Residents gave 3.10% of their income to charity.
Missouri’s largest city gave $1.4 billion to charities, which was 3.21% of the residents' total income. Not too bad.
The city of St. Joseph had a giving ratio of 3.41%, putting them 6th on our list. Total contributions totaled $42 million.
Our capitol city gave $59 million to charitable organizations in 2012, which was an impressive 3.62% of residents' total income.
With a giving ratio of 3.74%, Columbia’s total charitable contributions totaled more than $103 million.
The beautiful city of Cape Girardeau landed at 3rd on our list with a giving ratio of 3.77%, and almost $44 million in charitable contributions.
Springfield has a lot to be proud of with total contributions equaling $223 million. Residents gave an impressive 4.34% of their total income to charities.
Missouri’s most generous town is Joplin, who gave a whopping 4.73% to charitable organizations. Total contributions equaled $77 million. Great job Joplin!
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