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.
- St. Louis
Wikimedia/ By Aerial_view_of_St._Louis,_Missouri,_2008-11-19.jpg: Brian Holsclawderivative work: ←fetchcomms - Aerial_view_of_St._Louis,_Missouri,_2008-11-19.jpg, CC BY 2.0 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.
- Kansas City
Wikimedia/ By Leprecub at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 Missouri’s largest city gave $1.4 billion to charities, which was 3.21% of the residents’ total income. Not too bad.
- St. Joseph
Facebook/ Visit St. Joseph, Missouri The city of St. Joseph had a giving ratio of 3.41%, putting them 6th on our list. Total contributions totaled $42 million.
- Jefferson City
Wikimedia/ By Sarah Minor, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - NRCS photo gallery Our capitol city gave $59 million to charitable organizations in 2012, which was an impressive 3.62% of residents’ total income.
- Columbia
Wikimedia/ By Me - my camera., CC BY 3.0 With a giving ratio of 3.74%, Columbia’s total charitable contributions totaled more than $103 million.
- Cape Girardeau
Wikimedia/ By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual LibraryImage pageImage description pageDigital Visual Library home page, Public Domain 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
Facebook/ I Love Springfield, MO! 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.
- Joplin
Wikimedia/ By AbeEzekowitz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Missouri’s most generous town is Joplin, who gave a whopping 4.73% to charitable organizations. Total contributions equaled $77 million. Great job Joplin!
Did your town make the list?
Wikimedia/ By Aerial_view_of_St._Louis,_Missouri,_2008-11-19.jpg: Brian Holsclawderivative work: ←fetchcomms - Aerial_view_of_St._Louis,_Missouri,_2008-11-19.jpg, CC BY 2.0
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.
Wikimedia/ By Leprecub at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0
Missouri’s largest city gave $1.4 billion to charities, which was 3.21% of the residents’ total income. Not too bad.
Facebook/ Visit St. Joseph, Missouri
The city of St. Joseph had a giving ratio of 3.41%, putting them 6th on our list. Total contributions totaled $42 million.
Wikimedia/ By Sarah Minor, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - NRCS photo gallery
Our capitol city gave $59 million to charitable organizations in 2012, which was an impressive 3.62% of residents’ total income.
Wikimedia/ By Me - my camera., CC BY 3.0
With a giving ratio of 3.74%, Columbia’s total charitable contributions totaled more than $103 million.
Wikimedia/ By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual LibraryImage pageImage description pageDigital Visual Library home page, Public Domain
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.
Facebook/ I Love Springfield, MO!
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.
Wikimedia/ By AbeEzekowitz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
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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