4 Takeaways From New IRS Charitable Contribution Data

Once again, the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute has researched and compiled an impressive brief utilizing massive amounts of tax data from the IRS. The brief, titled "Profiles of Individual Charitable Contributions by State: 2012," was recently released and contains a wealth of data points.

The brief outlines the data from every itemized tax return with charitable donations filed in the U.S. The most intriguing portions were the comparisons between states. Let’s explore some of the more vital facts.