Charity for statistics geeks

When calculated as a percentage of income the neediest become the most charitable.

Those who earn less than $20,000 become twice as charitable as those who earn $100,000 even though they donate one fourth as much.

The most common reason for upper income people not giving to charity: They can’t afford it.

[via Charity: Who Cares? on Mint.com]

For those of you who are statistics junkies and like looking at fancy charts and graphs about things, this survey by Mint.com about who gives to what charities, what types of charities are donated to and a bunch of other demographic information in a fancy, easy-to-read format will be a quick and easy read.

For those of you looking to make last-minute donations as a gift alternative or for year-end tax offsets, Mint wisely recommends Charity Navigator as a good resource for finding causes to donate to where the most money goes toward the actual cause rather than to administration costs.

Have a merry Christmas, friends. Hope you don’t get too much junk you don’t need.