By TIME Staff
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.
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