would you get into debt to give to charity?
959216
sorry no\ncharity begings at home\nthat dosnt mean that if say my sister needed help I wouldnt use my credit card to help her but a lot of the money given to charity goes on promotions adds leaflets admin costs less than half on any given charity actually gets to the people you want it to go to
442381
Yes it's well spent, honestly I believe that those who give are given back to by God. Not that thats a reason you should do it, but I often find little blessing in life when I give. \n\nI usually give $40/week and I make about $40k a year.
1077642
No, unless someone would pay for my food, clothes, shoes,etc. lol
188814
stold money from a church
674897
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO, IF YOU GIVE IT TO A ORGANIZATION CAPABLE OF GIVING YOU A TAX DEDUCTION. YOU CANT DONATE IT TO YOUR WIFE OR CHILDREN, OR EVEN A HOMELESS GUY ON THE STREET AND EXPECT TO DEDUCT IT. YOU ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH DEDUCTIONS TO ITEMIZE. IF NOT, THEN IT WONT BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOU TO DONATE THEM TAX WISE.
242219
Get a job working for a charity organization (ex: Red Cross).  Of course the money comes from somewhere, but you get a salary for giving it away to those who need it!
541067
good question ..similar to the average sal in your company ..0 ..they do it for charity
890640
Dave, your principles bear no interest for me ;-)\n\nGetting back to the question, an interest-free loan to charity is not deductible.  There are a number of reasons for this, but just suppose your benefactor did not loan you the money, but invested it himself and donated the income to your foundation.  He would have offsetting items of income and deduction for zero net effect on taxable income.  The same result arises from the interest free loan:  No income, no deduction.\n\nAnd it's principAL, not principLE, in case you missed the joke.
641280
Would YOU give a teenager hundreds of dollars with a "promise" to pay it back?
133704
Yeah it is possible. I don't know any specfic details about your help, but perhaps it could be the type of help you are giving and not simply the fact that you are helping. Example. If someone needs money bad for whatever, don't give them money. Help them find a way they can get the money on thier own. And so on. Helping people is good but if that help includes you getting hurt as a possible outcome that is not the help that needs to be given. For the benefit of yourself and the people you love in this world.
707792
If Oprah gave me a thousand dollars to pay it forward, just indeed, I would give it to someone who needed it.  I am working and to be honest, a thousand dollars isn't something tempting enough for me to keep. :)
1004408
If you are concerned with where the money goes, then give to those you see are in need around you. You know 100% of your gift went to help someone else and you won't have to worry about where your gift went. You will know, one person at a time.
93442
Well if I wanted to be selfish I would say enough to support me while I go back to colleage. \nIf I was being generous I would say just give what you can to an orphanage or worthy cause.
748074
Well most importantly I'd make sure my wealth lasts so I can keep helping for longer.\nI'd probably want to make a bit more before I used a considerable chunk to help society.\n\nI wouldn't give to any charities though. I think they are kind of self-defeating. I would like to help make my hometown somewhere worth visiting.\nI would save small shops and things like that. Try to stop the big corporations taking over.\nGive to the smaller cities (in Britain where I live) and help them to get more things and to compete with London. London gets too much and it's not fair on people who live nowhere near it.\n\nI would help fund things like skateparks and independant cinemas and youth hostels so people can travel about the country on a budget.\n\nI don't see much point in giving thousands of pounds to a charity for a rare disease which is only going to benefit about 10 people across the whole country. Or to cancer research or something when people are going to continue to smoke and then wonder why they got lung cancer. Then they need to be treated on the NHS.
743734
Very rarely will you be able to tithe with your credit card.\nFirst, there is a cost incurred for each credit card transaction processed by the church. \n\nSecond, spiritually, I don't think credit cards should be considered money. \nCredit cards = debt.  \nPaul's charge to us to owe nothing but love in Romans 13:8 is a powerful reminder of God's distaste for all forms of debt. The Bible neither expressly forbids or allows the borrowing of money. The wisdom of the Bible teaches us that it is usually not a good idea to go into debt. Debts essentially makes us a slave to the one we owe.\n\nI would try to figure out another way to tithe without using your credit card.
442313
Probably not, unless you get a personal loan from a family member or friend
601202
as long as you are giving them away in the spirit of charity who cares who gets em. I would rather give to a needy person than to a place that will make money off of my donated stuff.