Figure 3
Locality in philanthropy. (a) The fraction of dollars given within the state for donors in each state. (b) The total cumulative proportion of dollars going to particular states when all donors are considered. Particular grantors are seen to be focused towards their individual states including large funders such as (c) the Gates Foundation located in Washington. (d) For donors and recipients, we show the likelihood that their kth largest recipient was in the same state. For donors we see a decreasing trend, indicating that the largest recipient is more likely to be in the same state than recipients who received less funds. For recipients, while their largest donor is somewhat more likely to come from the same state, the decline for smaller donors is much slower. (e) The fraction of grants given within the donor’s home state as a function of the number of recipients supported by the donor. Givers with fewer recipients tend to give more locally compared to those with more recipients.
