If I’m in the checkout at a business, say McDonald’s or Walmart or Kroger or whatever, and they ask if I’d like to round up to donate to some charity, I usually say yes. But should I be doing this? I heard somewhere that I shouldn’t because they can claim that as a donation from them which contributes to them paying less taxes or something, I’m not sure if that’s 100% how it works but I figure that it benefits them somehow or why else would they do that?
I rarely recognize the charities they sponsor, and I don’t exactly trust McDonalds and Walmart to have the same values as me when they select charities. So no, I don’t ever round up. I try to do my due diligence in researching, and I donate on my own.