How old are you and what do you contribute to charitable giving?

Until I took finance courses in grad school I didn’t realize what a true sacrifice giving a substantial amount of money to the local church or other charitable organization was, especially early in life. Not only are you giving money away, you’re giving away the power of compounding gains on what that potential investment could have made.

This is not to say I regret giving money. Only that at the age of 31 I understand the weight

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36 and only donating $100 a month to my favorite charity. I wish I could convince my wife to donate more and think this is a pretty abysmal amount when comparing it to my income. Still working on building up our gifting muscle as that is equally as important as saving and spending.

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Approximately $2k to the United Way via paycheck deduction and ~$1k to a non profit where I serve on the board. Other bits here and there. I think these organizations make my city better and I also get some tax benefits. I’m 43, and this is about 1% of my pretax income. You do you though.

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Late 30s, 1-5% over my career. I used to do $100 to a number of large charities through my office program but I've shifted to donating more to one specific local charity (and then always buying if a kid is fundraising).

I donated starting at the age of 22, usually once a year and a few hundred because they were organizations that helped me get to where I’m at today so I don’t see that as a detriment. More so truly giving back to the next generation.

I never really have other than a random $100 here or there. AITA?

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