The IRS lists expenses paid to further the mission of certain
organizations to be deductible. The Georgia State Defense Force is organized in
the state of Georgia as a part of the Georgia Department of Defense, under the
direction of the governor and the adjutant general of Georgia. As a State
Defense Force, members serve alongside the Georgia Army National Guard and the Georgia
Air National Guard.
Therefore, the
GSDF appears to be "A civil defense organization created under federal,
state, or local law (this includes unreimbursed expenses of civil defense
volunteers that are directly connected with and solely attributable to their
volunteer services)" which is specifically permitted to be a
"qualified organization" - see “Charitable
Contributions Deductions".
In TurboTax, go to Federal->Deductions
& Credits->Donations to Charity in 2017 and click on Start or Update
or Revisit (whichever it is).
The next screen should ask you for the name of the charity
("Georgia State Defense Force"), and then you will be asked what you
contributed.
