Prior to Hurricanes Mississippi Led USA In Charitable Giving

[BigApp]

and guess who was at the bottom??



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1276796/posts

HARTFORD, Conn. - New England states making more, giving less

Mississippi retains its title as the most giving state for the eighth consecutive year, according to the 2004 Generosity Index created by Catalogue for Philanthropy.

Following right behind are Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee.

New England residents continue to earn more and give back less, according to the annual index of charitable giving.

Connecticut ranks first when it comes to making money, but joins New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in falling to the very bottom of the 2004 Index.

The survey is based on the average adjusted income of residents and the value of itemized charitable donations reported on 2002 federal tax returns, the latest year available.

New England's stinginess is nothing new. New Hampshire has been labeled the least generous state for six out of the last eight years, with only Massachusetts stealing the title in 1998 and 1999.

While the Nutmeg State has the nation's highest average adjusted gross income at $64,724, its residents donate $175 less to charity than the national average. That ranks Connecticut 44th, a slip of seven places from last year.

Sad, really.

[dbackjon]

A freeper!!!

[dbackjon]

And of course, typical for Freeperdom, flawed...

Though the Generosity Index receives a lot of public attention, some claim the study has serious methodological flaws. "Itemizers are a very small portion of taxpayers," says Paul Grogan, head of the Boston Foundation, a charitable foundation with more than $650 million in assets. "To compare their charitable donations to the average income for everybody is like comparing apples to oranges."

Last year, the Boston Foundation commissioned a new study of national charitable giving that they hope would address some of the problems in the Generosity Index's methodology. Paul Schervish, director of the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy and head author of the study, explained that the study, entitled as "Geography and Generosity," sought to find a new way of measuring charitable donations relative to income.

Schervish, and his colleague, John J. Havens, at the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, used three measures of income: gross household income, gross household income after taxes and gross household income adjusted for the income tax and cost of living of each state. The result presents a very different picture of the country's charitable giving by state.

"The Generosity Index is inherently biased against high-income states like Massachusetts and Connecticut. We think our methodology is a lot fairer," commented Schervish. In fact, using his methodology Massachusetts leaps from 44th place on the Generosity Index to 11th on the Boston Foundation's list.

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2005/1 ... me_ls.html

[dbackjon]

Utah
Maryland
New York
Connecticut
California
Hawaii
New Jersey
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina



Next try?

[BigApp]

DBJ, what's the first 3 words in the Thread Topic name?

[dbackjon]

DBJ, what's the first 3 words in the Thread Topic name?

Yes, I know. But your "study" uses very flawed methodology, even PRIOR to Katrina...

[BigApp]

Yes, I know. But your "study" uses very flawed methodology, even PRIOR to Katrina...

so, it's 'flawed' because it goes against your ideals, right?

[dbackjon]

Yes, I know. But your "study" uses very flawed methodology, even PRIOR to Katrina...

so, it's 'flawed' because it goes against your ideals, right?

Well Duh!


And because many other groups have found flaws with the methodology.

[BigApp]

And because many other groups have found flaws with the methodology.

many? OK, list them: