The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

“There is much speculation over the results of the recent Generosity Index, sponsored by the Catalogue for Philanthropy. The index shows that folks in red states – i.e., the states regularly won by Republicans in national elections – give more money to charitable causes as a percentage of their income than folks in blue states, or states regularly won by Democrat[s] in national elections. The study uses published data of individual tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service from two years ago to compare the rank of each state’s average adjusted gross income to the rank of each state’s average itemized charitable deductions. 28 of the 29 most generous states voted for President George W. Bush (including all 25 of the most generous states), while 17 of the 21 least generous states voted for Senator John Kerry (including all 7 of the least generous states).” (more…)