Way to Give, Macomb! Residents Donate Around $30 Million to Charity Annually
Macomb Township residents are among some of the top givers in the country, according to national study by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Whether it's money to local synagogues or churches, food banks or animal shelters, metro Detroit residents are givers. Those are among the findings of a six-month project released Monday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy researching "giving habits" of Americans. The research breaks down giving by zip code, town, county and state and is based on a year’s worth of IRS 1040 forms from households nationwide. Researchers did a deep dive into various avenues of giving, including whether it was for religious or secular organizations and how much of one's household income was devoted to charity. For an apples-to-apples comparison, the data collected was on the percentage of post-tax income that was donated. In the two zip codes that encompass …
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Kris Aubry
11:38 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012
Macomb Charitable Foundation is a most worth while program to support. Yearly they provide needy children with assistance. From clothing, bus transportation, gas cards, food, housing, to christmas with the CHRISTmas is for kids program. All this is done strickly by volunteers and 100% goes to the children.If you'd like to support MCF you can do so by signing up with your Kroger Plus card. Simply … more ›