If you want to deduct charitable contributions on your tax return, you have to itemize your deductions on Schedule A of your 1040. You must have more itemized deductions than the Standard Deduction for your filing status to deduct. Based on what you mentioned, you may not have enough itemized deductions to get your deduction for your charitable contributions.
Review the following TurboTax articles to determine if there are additional items that you can deduct on your Schedule A. 9 Things You Didn't Know Were Tax Deductions, What Are Itemized Tax Deductions?, and Standard Deduction vs. Itemized Deductions: Which Is Better?
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