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How do I enter my charitable donations in TurboTax?

by TurboTax•4799• Updated about 10 hours ago

You can deduct charitable donations if you make them to qualified organizations and you itemize your deductions.

To itemize, you need to:

  • Keep track of what you contributed to charity during the year
  • Maintain supporting documentation, such as receipts

That might sound like a lot of recordkeeping, but it can pay off if your total itemized deductions are higher than the standard deduction.

For tax year 2025, the standard deduction is:

  • Single taxpayers: $14,600
  • Married taxpayers filing a joint return: $29,200
  • Heads of household: $21,900

To get started, enter your donations into TurboTax. 

  1. Open or continue your return.
  2. Go to donations to charitable organizations.
  3. Select the Yes button to answer the question: Did you make any donations to charity in 2025 ?.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish entering your donations.
  1. Open your TurboTax software.
  2. Under Federal Taxes, select Deductions & Credits.
  3. When asked, How do you want to enter your deductions and credits?, select I'll choose what I work on.
  4. Scroll down to Charitable Donations and click the Visit All button.
  5. Select the Yes button to answer the question: Did you make any donations to charity in2025?
  6. On the Donations screen, answer Yes to the question: Do you want to enter your donations for 2025?
  7. Fill out your donations on the, Let’s enter your donations one at a time screen.
  8. Once all your donations have been entered, select the button for Done on the Review All Your Charities screen.