https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/12/three-bay-area-cities-rated-among-the-most-generous-in-the-u-s/

The U.S. routinely ranks among the world’s most charitable countries, experts say. Americans can pat themselves on the back for donating about $292 billion to charity and contributing a jaw-dropping 6.9 billion volunteer hours last year, according to SmartAsset, a personal finance website. Some parts of the country, however, dig a little deeper in the old pockets than others.

To find the exact spots in this country where people give the most to charity, SmartAsset compared 200 metro areas across five metrics that measure charitable donations and volunteerism. Key variables include charitable contributions as a percentage of income, percentage of tax returns with charitable contributions, average charitable contribution as well as the volunteer rate and the hours volunteers spend rolling up their sleeves to help out.