Money Donation Examples

As a leader for your church youth group, you take the youth group out for pizza and spend $75 on the pizza and pop, but you are not reimbursed for these expenses.You can deduct these expenses.
You attend a convention as a representative of a qualified organization, and you are not reimbursed for some or all of your travel expenses.You can deduct a reasonable amount of unreimbursed expenses for travel, transportation, meals and lodging.
You donate your time in the kitchen at a local shelter, but are required to wear a uniform. The cost of the uniform and expenses related to keeping it clean can be deducted.
You write a check to a religious organization to help care for orphans. You can deduct this donation.
You use your credit card to buy a ticket for an underpriviledged youth selected by a qualified charity (like Big Brothers & Big Sisters). You can deduct reasonable unreimbersed expenses for the child, but not for your tickets or expenses.
You drive a group of kids for a qualified organization to a fun park in another city. You spend the day at the park yourself having fun, but then drive the kids back again that night. The mileage expenses for your vehicle are deductible, but your other expenses such as park fees are not.