Unequal generosity.

• Position: Charitable donations - Brief article

Charitable giving would rise nearly 15 percent if affluent income tax filers in the majority of states donated as high a proportion of their asset wealth to charity as do well-off filers in the most generous five states, concludes a six-year study by NewTithing Group, a philanthropic research organization. None of the wealthiest 10 states (measured by the aggregate assets of affluent...