Table 5. Individual Noncash Charitable Contributions: All Donations Made to Donee Organizations, by Donor Age, Form 8283, Tax Year 2005
[All figures are estimates based on samples—money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Donor age
Number of returns (1)
Number of donations (2)
All ages Under 35 35 under 45 45 under 55 55 under 65 65 and older
[1] Amount carried to Schedule A is the fair market value from Section A (items with a deduction of $5,000 or less or publicly-traded securities) plus the lesser of the fair market value or amount claimed on Section B (items with a deduction of more than $5,000).
6,559,140 793,262 1,683,889 1,873,519 1,382,485 825,984
16,465,082 1,545,255 4,104,940 4,931,399 3,593,844 2,289,643
All returns Amount carried to Schedule A [1] (4) 41,070,632 2,231,510 6,071,559 8,949,908 9,756,707 14,060,948 Number of returns with contributions on Schedule A (5) 6,528,419 790,141 1,678,398 1,867,419 1,377,653 814,808 Amount of contributions on Schedule A (6) 40,867,902 2,122,215 6,030,407 8,916,911 9,759,799 14,038,570 Number of returns on Schedule A with cash contributions (7) 6,053,552 668,197 1,535,461 1,753,877 1,312,001 784,018
Fair market value
(3) 49,011,733 2,287,106 8,613,907 10,222,743 11,825,399 16,062,579
Amount of cash contributions on Schedule A (8) 30,583,284 1,688,893 4,906,539 7,966,096 7,598,431 8,423,325