charitable donations
Altruistic financial gifts
Charitable donations are gifts of money, goods, or services to nonprofit organizations, religious institutions, or causes.
The term appears frequently in tax contexts, where such contributions may be deductible: We itemized our charitable donations this year.
Charitable donations range from spare change in a collection plate to multimillion-dollar endowments.
- donor-advised fundsCharitable investment accounts for grants
- nonprofit organizationsGroups without profit motive
- tax deductionsAmounts reducing taxable income
- tax write-offExpense reducing taxable income
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
giving back · good cause · endowments · gratitude · tithe · alms · philanthropy · empathy · humanitarian · crowdfunding · annual appeal · corporate sponsorship · religious obligation · grassroots movements · ethical duty · educational institutions · volunteerism · foundation grants
- Tax Rulesdeductions, credits, exemptions, filing status, withholding
- fundraisingdonations, donor, donors, fundraiser, fundraisers
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- orphanagesorphanage, orphan, foundling, foundlings, waif
- tax deductionsdeductions, tax deductions, exemptions, standard deduction, itemized deductions
- tax strategiestax shelters, tax deferral, tax planning, tax avoidance, tax breaks
charitable donationspurchases
Goods obtained for money
investments · consumer spending · gambling · commercial transactions · acquisitions
charitable donationsembezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
theft · taking · extortion · profiteering · charity fraud
charitable donationsgreed
Excessive desire for wealth
stinginess · miserliness · avarice · price gouging · penny-pinching