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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This is a commonly repeated myth but it isn’t true. Nobody gets a tax write off in point-of-sale fundraising. Charities ask stores to do it because it’s one of the most efficient and effective ways for a charity to raise money. Chairty events are costly, and asking people on the street gets a lot of rejection. Stores agree to do it because they get to run ads saying they helped raise millions for charity and the charity will usually shout them out as well.

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RattlerSix@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve always been curious how the money gets to the charity. Does the corporation put the donations into an account and collect interest on it before they give it to the charity?

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- 0x01@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And who pays the cc fees? And do they have an agreement with the cc provider for a kickback? There are so many hands involved with simple monetary transactions most people wouldn’t believe it.
  
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  - BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s a good question. The flat fee is already covered by your item purchase, so at worst it would be 2.5-3.5% of the donation amount, which isn’t terrible.
    
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  - RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Charity is profitable.
    
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Ethalis@jlai.lu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I work for a retailer and have been loosely involved in a project like that a few years ago.

Basically, it felt like it was mostly a very inexpensive way for the company to get everyone involved feel like they were making a good action. The free advertising was definitely an argument to get the higher-ups on board, but my impression was that it was kinda secondary compared to the kinda fake good conscience it gave everyone.

There was definitely no tax breaks for that initiative though, so at least in my country that is indeed a myth

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hardtrip@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Damn, I didn’t know I was duped. I do wonder how this holds up in countries other than the US.

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scott@lemmy.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They still take credit for it like you said.

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