Regarding mileage deduction for charity, but various addresses for the same organization through the year?

[jtain91etsin99]

My question is not whether I can or where to do it, it's how? 

The charity that volunteer with I went to various places throughout the year, 18 trips and probably 10 different places. It's not the same place every time. So do I add up the miles driven and divide by the # of trip to mak an average? Or do I need to do every address separately? 

[DanielV01]

Do you have a log of the total mileage or a way of calculating it?

[jtain91etsin99]

Yes, I receive emails for each event I sign up for, with an address in the email, so I have all the addresses. And then I got list of all the events I was at from the organization.  So I just put the addresses into mapquest to get the milage. I didn't print the emails but I can, but the email of log from the organization does show all of the events and dates.

[DanielV01]

For the charity mileage deduction, you only need to enter the total number of miles you drove for the charities.  You do not need to show a running or itemized amounts (keep those for your personal records if the IRS were to ask).  The total miles are multiplied by the standard mileage rate for the deduction ($0.14/mile)