> Someone donating large amounts of money to charity just to write it off on their taxes isn’t doing so altruistically I mean, it's still altruistic because th

> Someone donating large amounts of money to charity just to write it off on their taxes isn’t doing so altruistically I mean, it's still altruistic because they're going to 'lose wealth' by donating. You're never going to earn back in tax write-offs as much as you spent by donating.