Charitable Organizations

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	.......................................... BACK TO MAIN Give and Grow Rich with Charitable Deductions		You are allowed a 50 percent ceiling on your adjusted income for contributions to any of the following organizations: 1. Churches and other religious organizations 2. Tax exempt educational organizations 3. Tax exempt hospitals and certain medical research organizations 4. A government unit, such as a state or a political subdivision of a state 5. Publicly supported organizations such as a community chest 6. Certain private foundations that distribute all contributions they receive to public charities within two-and-a-half months after the end of the foundation's fiscal year 7. A private operating foundation which pools all of its donations in a common fund 8. Certain membership organizations that rely on the general public for more than a third of their contributions
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