These are the most — and least — charitable states in the USA. How’d Pa. do? | Thursday Morning Coffee

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers.

Maybe it’s that Quaker heritage in Philly. Maybe it’s that square-shouldered Midwestern generosity in Pittsburgh. Maybe it’s that Amish communality in central Pennsylvania. Whatever it is, Pennsylvanians can be a charitable lot when they set their minds to it.

And now, in this season of giving, we have actual quantifiable proof: The wonks at WalletHub have ranked the Keystone State the 6th-most charitable of these 50 states, basing their judgment on “19 key indicators of charitable behavior,” including the state’s “volunteer rate [and the] share of income donated to charity and [its] share of sheltered homeless.”

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