Year end charitable donations -who gets your money?
 

It’s that time of year again when we decide who gets a donation. Do you rely on a charity ranking group to guide you? How do you know if that group isn’t sponsored by charities, though? I was giving to Wounded Warriors, Gary Sinise Foundation, a couple of local food banks and a Down Syndrome org that we rely on. Which groups get your money this time of year?

Disabled American Veterans. This is a no brainer.

Tunnel to Towers Foundation

St. Judes , Gary Sinise, but Gary also got my R1100S earlier.

Local no Kill animal shelters and animal rescue.

Weim rescue, all year long

Local food bank. Donations get a match from a local foundation.

US Govt.

SPCA and Women's Refuge.

I think that Foster Kids are perhaps the saddest situation. The statistics on Foster Kids is awful. They are victims with no guilt. One of my preferred areas.

Irs

Animal shelters and rescues.

Tunnel to Towers.

Local volunteer fire co and rescue squad, and local animal rescue and no kill shelter.

The University of Georgia gets mine. Not by choice.

Wounded Warriors.

South of the border for me.
Bajamar Scholarship fund

This is where I send donations.

https://www.miracleshappenhere.org/

And I don't claim the donations as a deduction. Personally I have never believed that any donation should be a tax deduction. I am donating money to a place of my choice, only because I want to. I don't think that is something that should be a deduction. My CPA says I am nuts, but that is my choice.

Our church 1st, Blue Ridge food Bank serving central / southwestern VA. Various resources directly to locals we know