America's poor donate more, in percentage terms, than higher-income groups do, surveys of charitable giving show. What's more, their generosity declines less in hard times than the generosity of richer givers does. (link)
America's poor are its most generous givers
By Pink Slip - Posted on June 3rd, 2009
I wonder how it breaks down between religious charitable giving and non?
Tough to quantify; while I'm not religious, most of the money, time and food I give is to religious charities.
traditionally religious charities have the lowest amount of 'administration' fees associated with them, so the majority of your gift ends up helping the intended recievers. (but you still need to check them out)
I used to have a graph breaking down the $$ divisions for many charities, and some of them were flat out shocking, as to just how little of your money went to the intended recipients.
are the "real" $'s generated instead of %'s. Percentages do not help the needy, dollars do!
$158,888 x 2.1 = $3337
$ 10,531 x 4.3 = $453
People trying to make a living and raise a family on 10k a year have no business contributing to charities. They need to tend their own backyard first. I wonder how many of the lower contributors turn right around and use the same charities for much more then they give?
KK, what's wrong with the poor giving to charity? How do you know they haven't taken care of their own first?
I think these findings are pleasantly surprising. You're comments seem oddly defensive.
Pink Slip
While I'm not poor, I just don't give my money. I give my time.
http://www.charitynavigator.org
Who really knows if the info we receive on these sites are true.
Dottie
Seemingly admirable with giving hearts. But, the poor spend larger portions of their income on everything. Perhaps forced to by being charged higher rates because of poor credit scores etc. or by seeking social inclusion with the right car, shoes, fashions etc. And, whereas to the middle and upper classes, money is to be managed, conserved and invested, for people of poverty, money is to be spent. See Ruby K. Payne’s “A Framework for Understanding Poverty