environmental donations and tax deductibility

Posted by Makadamia Nut on March 26, 2008 at 08:54:02:

i just got off the phone with one environmental foundation that i have been making donations to and they said that, "due to their grassroots activism," my contributions are not tax deductible. i don't really get the reasoning behind but was wondering if anyone can shed some light at what makes donations tax-deductible and what does not ? i am sure lots of people here donate. e.g. are donations to FOC or AW tax-deductible and why or why not ?

Follow Ups:

• Re: environmental donations and tax deductibility Julie Fitzpatrick 09:25:06 03/26/08 (6)
  • Re: tax exempt charitable organizations are not permitted to dgg 09:50:01 03/26/08 (1)
    • a detailed explanation TJ 12:14:13 03/26/08 (0)
  • so in this case ... Makadamia Nut 09:33:38 03/26/08 (3)
    • 501(c)( 3) is the key Julie Fitzpatrick 10:10:03 03/26/08 (2)
      • thanks for the kind clarification Makadamia Nut 10:12:41 03/26/08 (1)
        • Yss, must be 501(c)(3) to offer deductibility, but... Tim 20:50:44 03/30/08 (0)

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