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No, it's not. Don't try to claim your PBW donations as a tax deduction.

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Well, not in the legal sense. But many of the people who donate will never get 'their money's worth' out of it.

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Best way to find a good charity would be to ask the people they say they serve.

And there's nothing wrong with getting something, even just a good feeling, out of doing something good. We are supposed to love our neighbor as ourself. Not more.

Of course it's better to give when you don't get anything in return. But that does not mean that giving and getting is bad. Don't set rediculous standards and you won't have to worry about breaking them.