The given bar chart compares how much money, in thousands of dollars, a firm distributed to six different types of charity within the timespan of 3 years, commencing from 2012.
Overall, the company spent more money on most charity activities over the years, except for environment which witnessed a downward trend, while education fluctuated. Moreover, social welfare was given the most fee throughout.
Regarding the increasing categories, in 2012, the company spent an amount of money at around 23 on social welfare, after which, it reduced the subsidy to just roughly 17 in 2013. At the end, the proportion reached its high record of nearly 24 in 2013. Turning to health donation, at the onset, the money subsidized to this category is just more than 5; after that, it surged suddenly to around 7 and 9 in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Similarly, the data extracted from wildlife and arts documented their increasing allowances over the surveyed period, starting from virtually 3 to exactly 5 and nearly 3 to almost 5, respectively.
Concerning the remaining categories, education donation money underwent from roughly 7 in 2012, before recovering to more than 5 in 2013 and went up to its initial point in 2014. In 2012, the firm began donating to environmental issues for about 8; after that, the year 2013 witnessed that fell to its trough of 5. Ultimately, in 2014, more than 7 donated to this category, which is a growth of this figure.