Study Rates Southampton Giving

When it comes to donating your paycheck to charity, just how generous are you?

Do you back up your words with cold, hard cash or simply give non-profits the cold shoulder? A study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy released Monday looked at every zip code in the United States, including those in Southampton.

Among the study's wide-ranging findings:

• Utah is the most generous state, donating 10.6 percent of discretionary income.
• New York ranks 17th (4.7 percent). 
• New Hampshire is the stingiest (2.5 percent).
• People who live in politically conservative, "red states" are more generous than those in liberal or "blue states."

Long Island measured up well. Nassau rated 11th among 3,115 counties nationwide at 5.3 percent while Suffolk was 24th (4.8 percent).

How America Gives ranked each of the 28,725 zip codes in the U.S. by measuring income, average annual contribution and percentage of income. 

So how do Southampton zip codes rate?

     11968 - Southampton

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $15.5 million Median Contribution $2,924 Median Discretionary Income $66,296 Percent of Income Given 4.4 percent Total Contributions Rank 2,351

     11963 - Sag Harbor

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $8.8 million Median Contribution $2,463 Median Discretionary Income $61,445 Percent of Income Given 4 percent Total Contributions Rank 4,581

     11962- Sagaponack

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $1.3 million Median Contribution $4,821 Median Discretionary Income $166,214 Percent of Income Given 2.9 percent Total Contributions Rank 12,958

     11932 - Bridgehampton

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $5.8 million Median Contribution $7,036 Median Discretionary Income $119,764 Percent of Income Given 5.9 percent Total Contributions Rank 3,158