--- description: Americans are a relatively generous lot: a record $373.25 billion was given to charity in 2015--more than $1 billion a day. But perhaps more notable... title: Time Well Spent image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Time Well Spent by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 12:35 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 12:35 PM CUT Americans are a relatively generous lot: a record $373.25 billion was given to charity in 2015–more than $1 billion a day. But perhaps more notable was the gift of time. In the last year measured, 62.6 million Americans volunteered at least once. The city with the highest rate of volunteerism? Salt Lake City, trailed by Minneapolis–St. Paul and Milwaukee. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4389082/time-well-spent/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4389082/time-well-spent/"},"headline":"Time Well Spent","datePublished":"2016-06-30T12:35:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:57:18.902Z","description":"Americans are a relatively generous lot: a record $373.25 billion was given to charity in 2015--more than $1 billion a day. But perhaps more notable...","url":"https://time.com/4389082/time-well-spent/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4389082/time-well-spent/","name":"Time Well Spent"}}]}] ```