Community Chat

[SilleeMee]

It has something to do with the IRS and a $250 per year contribution receipt to the IRS. Anything less than $250 doesn't require a receipt to the IRS from the charity organization. 

$19 x 12 = $228.

[grandma r]

@Love my grandkids. I have no idea why that amount.  I donate what and when I can.  My only objection is that some charities feel the need to send donors a tee shirt, blanket, or something else.  Imo, totally unnecessary.   Instead of spending money on merchandise and postage, use it as it is intended.

[chrystaltree]

I'm sure some consulting firm that manages those charities has done studies that show that is the amount that people are most comfortable contributing.  They didn't arrive at $19 by chance.

[Snicks1]

@grandma r, I totally agree with you. Keep the stuff, spend that money on whom the donations are intended. I recently ordered a new Christmas tree for the Veteran's Home here in town and they wanted to send me something as a thank you. I told them not to do so, but to instead use what they would have spent "thanking me" on our Veterans. 

[781Florist]

I understand that it is a very competitive and difficult thing to successfully solicit charitable donations and that there are so many extremely worthwhile organizations in need of help, but sometimes these charitable organizations sell your information in order to maximize their return and you get absolutely INUNDATED with appeals from every group on the planet.

I have donated to homeless shelters in my area and I feel hesitant to do so any more because I don't want to get on a few hundred mailing lists.  

Some places harm their ability to raise money by using these practices.

[bells4me]

Is this a fake thread?

[Zoe]

From a marketing perspective, probably the same reason they price houses as $499,999 and not $500,000. The larger, round number feels much bigger and probably not as sustainable.