Tax deductible contributions

Some contributions to charitable organizations or other tax exempt organizations are tax deductible contributions. Donations you make to organizations that have received tax exempt status from the IRS and to the government are treated as tax deductible contributions. These tax deductible contributions include:

• Organizations that are religious, charitable, educational, scientific, or literary in purpose or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals:
• Fraternal orders, if the gifts are used for the above-listed purposes
• Veterans' and certain cultural groups
• nonprofit schools, hospitals, and organizations whose purpose is to find a cure for, or help people who have, arthritis, asthma, birth defects, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart disease, hemophilia, mental illness or retardation, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, tuberculosis, or other illnesses or diseases
• Federal, state, and local governments if the gifts are solely for public purposes
• Community chest
• Certain nonprofit cemetery companies Examples

Examples of organizations that qualify for tax deductible contributions include:

• American Heart Association
• Boy Scouts
• Boys and Girls Clubs of America
• cancer Care
• CARE
• Churches, temples, synagogues, mosques
• Girl Scouts
• Goodwill Industries
• Red Cross
• salvation Army
• United Way