Clearly, any rounding up you do or extra funds that you donate to an organization which is recognized by the IRS as a qualifying charitable organization would result in a charitable deduction (assuming, of course, that you itemize your deductions on a Schedule A).

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Beneficiaries of a section 501(c)(3) organization would have to be members of a charitable class, which is generally interpreted as poor or distressed.

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