Study: Greenporters Are a Charitable Bunch

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 on the North Fork.

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 North Fork zip codes rate?

     11952 - Mattituck

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $3.7 million Median Contribution $2,904 Median Discretionary Income $61,358 Percent of Income Given 4.3 percent Total Contributions Rank 8,306

     11935 - Cutchogue

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $3.1 million Median Contribution $2,810 Median Discretionary Income $66,416 Percent of Income Given 4.2 percent Total Contributions Rank 9,122

     11947/11948 - Jamesport/Laurel

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $958,130 Median Contribution $2,318 Median Discretionary Income $62,608 Percent of Income Given 3.7 percent Total Contributions Rank 6,529

     11971 - Southold

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $4.1 million Median Contribution $2,450 Median Discretionary Income $62,205 Percent of Income Given 3.9 percent Total Contributions Rank 7,813

     11944 - Greenport

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $3 million Median Contribution $3,250 Median Discretionary Income $54,599 Percent of Income Given 6 percent Total Contributions Rank 9,195

     11939 - East Marion

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $383,248 Median Contribution $1,790 Median Discretionary Income $53,560 Percent of Income Given 3.3 percent Total Contributions Rank 8,311

     11957 - Orient

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $698,899 Median Contribution $3,048 Median Discretionary Income $65,179 Percent of Income Given 4.7 percent Total Contributions Rank 7,113

     11964 - Shelter Island

Zip Code Totals Total Contributions $2.1 million Median Contribution $2,502 Median Discretionary Income $68,600 Percent of Income Given 3.6 percent Total Contributions Rank 10,756