GoFundMe has released its annual giving report for 2022, which lists many statistics, including the most generous states and cities of the year.
According to the crowdfunding platform, the most generous states per capita are: Vermont, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Carolina, Montana, and Virginia.
The site reports one donation every second, with 28 million people giving a combined total of $25 billion in 2022 to charities and nonprofits.
“Our community helped provide essentials during record inflation, advanced educational dreams and supported people whose lives were uprooted by natural disasters, war and loss,” the company said in its report.
Nodar Karalashvili, a member of the Ukrainian military who helped deliver donated equipment to the Donetsk region.
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In addition to states, GoFundMe tracked the most generous cities. In 2022 the most generous cities are: Marietta, Georgia, Spring, Texas, Silver Spring, Maryland, Sarasota, Florida, Bradenton, Florida, Olympia, Washington, Alpharetta, Georgia, Miami, Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The site also published some special statistics on the year’s notable contributions. In 2022 there was a 110% increase in donations for baby formula, a 60% increase in fundraisers for gas, a 10% increase in fundraisers for groceries, $2.3 million raised for projects Eagles and Girl Scouts, $9 million raised for various places of worship, $150,000 raised for veterans, $50 million donated to help cats and dogs, $108 million to rebuild homes after natural disasters, and $250 million raised to help Ukraine.
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#GivingTuesday, a charitable holiday that falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, raised a record $3.1 billion in 24 hours for charitable causes across the US.
The charitable giving came amid rampant inflation and the rising cost of living that many Americans faced this year.
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“That’s really what we saw,” Asha Curran, CEO of #GivingTuesday, told The Associated Press. “That whatever people are experiencing, they were as generous as they had the ability to be.”
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The report also tracked donation statistics from the United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and Australia.
