Kindhearted Cities Index 2022
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Kindness from Coast to Coast
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Methodology
How do you measure kindness?
To determine the kindheartedness of a given city, we considered a wide range of social variables, each of which provides a unique indication of the attitudes, actions, priorities, beliefs, values, or philosophies of a city's populace.
We began by taking the largest 2,500 US cities by population. We looked at each city through the lens of four main social characteristics that, when considered together, convey a comprehensive level of kindness on display by the individuals and communities within that city.
The four social characteristics we looked at are Generosity, Fairness and Equality, Environmental Efforts, and Economic Indicators, each of which comprises 3-5 sources of supporting data.
The data used as inputs into this index were derived from publicly available sources, including government agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and include raw datasets as well as social indices.
Additionally, we augmented this data with volunteer engagement data from our database at VolunteerMatch, which facilitates roughly 1,000,000 connections every year between nonprofits in need of volunteers and individuals looking for meaningful ways to support their communities.
Sources: 3BL Media, American Lung Association, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Apartment List, Barna Group, Enterprise Community Partners, Glassdoor, Human Rights Campaign, Lawnstarter, New American Economy, Niche, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, WalletHub, VolunteerMatch.
