How Charitable is Greater Philadelphia?
A report from The Chronicle of Philanthropy looks at how much neighborhoods in the area give to charity.
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"How America Gives," a study released by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, aims to “nationwide generosity” by analyzing tax documents and measuring how much money people claimed for charitable donations on their returns.
So how charitable is the Greater Philadelphia Area? According to the report, the area’s Patch towns gave over $568,000,000 toward charitable measures in the 2008.
“The study is based on exact dollar amounts released by the Internal Revenue Service showing the value of charitable deductions claimed by American taxpayers,” according to a release on the study’s website. The Chronicle obtained comprehensive tax records from the IRS for 2008, the most recent year for which such data are available, to examine income levels and the sums claimed in charitable contributions for taxpayers in each ZIP code.
You can view a complete explanation of the study’s methodology here.
Check the chart below to see how much your neighborhood donated to charity according to the study.
Northwest Philadelphia
| Amount Donated | National Ranking | |
| Neighborhood | ||
| Mt. Airy | $20.1 million | 1,565 |
| Chestnut Hill | $18.3 million | 1,851 |
| Roxborough | $12.5 million | 3.419 |
| Manayunk | $743,657 | 15,687 |
Main Line
| Amount Donated |
National Ranking | |
| Neighborhood | ||
| Ardmore | $8.2 mil | 4,861 |
| Merion | $13.7 mil | 2,788 |
| Wynnewood / Penn Wynne | $22.3 mil | 1,286 |
| Bala Cynwyd / Belmont Hills | $24.9 mil | 1,028 |
| Narberth / Penn Valley | $15.8 mil | 2,279 |
| Bryn Mawr | $63.6 mil | 129 |
| Gladwyne | $38.1 mil | 393 |
| Malvern / Frazer | $38.8 mil | 375 |
| Wayne / Saint Davids | $62.5 mil | 132 |
| Villanova | $41.8 mil | 321 |
| Paoli | $7.2 mil | 5,323 |
| Devon | $22.6 mil | 1.262 |
| Berwyn | $23.4 mil | 1,167 |
Delaware County
| Amount Donated | National Ranking | |
| Neighborhood | ||
| Haverford | $27.9 mil | 813 |
| Havertown | $19.8 mil | 1,620 |
| Broomall | $10.4 mil | 3,887 |
| Newtown Square | $30.9 mil | 656 |
| Media | $30.8 mil | 668 |
| Springfield | $14.1 mil | 2.672 |
Chester County
| Amount Donated | National Ranking | |
| Neighborhood | ||
| Phoenixville (19453) | $330,784 | 20,196 |
| Phoenixville (19460) | $22.3 mil | 1,215 |
| Oaks | $287,543 | 20, 966 |
| West Chester / Westtown | $39.7 mil | 356 |
| East Goshen / West Goshen | $38.4 mil | 384 |
Wendy
1:33 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
Interesting....How many donations are in the area of EDUCATION?