The Transatlantic giving gap: rich Britons outdone by charitable Americans

Although nearly £10bn was donated to UK charities last year, the wealthy in the US give far more of their cash to good causesBritons donated nearly £10bn to charity last year, but philanthropy in the UK has a long way to go before it matches the culture of charitable largesse in the US.The numbers illustrate the difference: an estimated $390bn (£293bn) was donated in the world’s largest economy in 2016. The sheer scale of the US, with a population five times the size of t