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REMINDER TO LAST-MINUTE DONORS: If you make a charitable contribution and itemize deductions on your tax returns, you can deduct your donations "in the year made," the Internal Revenue Service says.

That means any donations you charge to a credit card before the end of this year "count for 2009," the IRS said in a recent news release. "This is true even if the credit-card bill isn't paid until 2010."

The IRS also said that donations by checks "count for 2009 as long as they are mailed in 2009 and clear shortly thereafter."

However, taxpayers who claim the standard deduction can't deduct charitable donations. Nearly two-thirds of all federal income-tax returns take the standard deduction, rather than itemizing.

Like all 501C3 organizations, the Osgood Center accepts donations.  We pledge that all donations will go to student support either through scholarships, class or group discounts, or services (local transportation, receptions, etc). Any exceptions to this will be rare and explicitly identified to the donor.

To make a donation by check or money order, please send your payment to:

Osgood Center for International Studies
700 12th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005

To make a credit card donation, please fill out the Credit Card Authorization form and fax it to 202.663.5656 or email it to gmanukyan@osgoodcenter.org.  You can also mail the form to the above address.

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