Happy #GivingTuesday! With the U.S. ranked as the most generous country over the past 10 years by the World Giving Index, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Most Charitable States (with accompanying videos), in addition to its picks for 2020’s Best Charities and a Charity Calculator to help donors decide where and how to give.
To determine where the most generous Americans are inspiring others to be more selfless, WalletHub compared the 50 states based on 19 key indicators of charitable behavior. The data set ranges from volunteer rate to share of income donated to share of sheltered homeless.| Most Charitable States | |
| 1. Minnesota | 11. New Hampshire |
| 2. Utah | 12. Alaska |
| 3. Maryland | 13. Georgia |
| 4. Oregon | 14. Colorado |
| 5. Ohio | 15. Arkansas |
| 6. Pennsylvania | 16. North Carolina |
| 7. North Dakota | 17. Wisconsin |
| 8. Virginia | 18. Wyoming |
| 9. Washington | 19. New York |
| 10. Maine | 20. Illinois |
Key Stats
- The charities with the highest ratings from WalletHub include Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Pet Smart Charities and Fisher House Foundation.
- Vermont has the most charities per capita, 27.06, which is 4.7 times more than in Nevada, the state with the fewest at 5.76.
- Utah has the highest volunteer rate, 51.00 percent, which is 2.2 times higher than in Florida, the state with the lowest at 22.80 percent.
- Utah has the most volunteer hours per capita, 57.48, which is 3.3 times more than in Mississippi, the state with the fewest at 17.23.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a phone, Skype or in-studio interview with one of our experts. Feel free to embed this YouTube video summarizing the study on your website. You can also use or edit these raw files as you see fit. Full data sets for specific states are also available upon request.
