Wide gap shown in Mass. charitable giving - The Boston Globe

Wide gap shown in Mass. charitable giving - The Boston Globe: "Wide gap shown in Mass. charitable giving
Middle class lags, study says

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff | June 10, 2007

The wealthiest Massachusetts residents give much more of their income to charities than wealthy people in the rest of the country, according to a forthcoming report on charitable giving by two Boston College researchers. But working- and middle-class families in Massachusetts, burdened by the state's high cost of living, are not nearly as generous as families with comparable incomes nationally."