Washington Post, Romney and Obama Vie for Title of Most Charitable; Santorum Gave Least to Charity:
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, despite having the second-lowest income of the four candidate/spouse combos, gave the highest percentage of their $1.8 million income to charity in 2010. … He and Michelle gave 14.2% of their AGI, while the Romneys gave 13.8%. … Santorum and Newt Gingrich, by comparison, gave very little of their income to charity. Gingrich and his wife, Callista, gave 2.6% of their $3.2 million income in 2010. Santorum and wife Karen, who made the least in 2010 (less than $1 million), also gave the lowest percentage of their income to charity, at 1.8%.
Here is a fuller picture of the charitable contributions of the four candidates:
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Gingrich:
