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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$804K last year ($400k base, rest bonus in a great year)
$3k donations
I feel pretty ashamed that I gave so little.  I plan to give more once some large life expenses are more manageable (but don't we all 'plan to give more'?)[/quote]

$300K HHI
$15K donations (5%)

One thing we did was up our donations over time to the usual suspects (e.g., our colleges, NPR, local food bank, Heifer project). E.g., instead of giving $50 a year we give $500. Now every charity we donate to gets $500-1000, although we also give smaller amounts ($50-100) to sponsor people in charity walks, etc. We have added some more charities each year.

We try to give to a mix of local (mostly), national (some), and international (a few) charities. With the local ones in particular you can meet the people who spend the money and see what they are doing. (We know someone who runs an international charity and feel comfortable donating a lot to them.) Most of the donations are for areas we're interested in--education, food, health care, and housing. We don't give money to arts groups, unless you count NPR and PBS. We also don't make any political donations. [/quote]

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