Actually, you are wrong about the "specific meaning of donate" according to numerous guidelines on the Paypal website. https://thegreengeeks.wordpress.com/2011

Actually, you are wrong about the "specific meaning of donate" according to numerous guidelines on the Paypal website. https://thegreengeeks.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/why-paypal-is-wrong-regarding-regretsy-according-to-their-own-policies/ https://thegreengeeks.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/why-paypal-is... Not my blog, and I apologize for the embedded rant in there, but the case is thoroughly presented and debunks this whole "donate must be a charity" misconception, using Paypal's own documents. Edit: direct link to paypal policy containing the following sentence: https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/main.jsp;?locale=en_US&_dyncharset=UTF-8&countrycode=IL&cmd=_help&serverInstance=9018&t=solutionTab&ft=searchTab&ps=solutionPanels&solutionId=39084&isSrch=Yes https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/main.jsp;?locale=en_US&#38... "Donations that are not associated with a charity or nonprofit organization are not subject to these requirements, but all donation transactions are subject to review and must comply with all of PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policies" https://merchant.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=merchant/donations https://merchant.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&... "If you are not a 501(c)(3), you can still accept donations with our standard pricing." I also disagree with your position that "donate" implies that it can be written off (or that it implies anything tax-related, for that matter). I don't think many people assume that. Anyone who has written off a donation knows that they can only do so with an associated donation receipt. This is why many charities often specifically note when a donation is tax deductible - saying, for example, donations in excess of $20 will be given a donation receipt. If a layperson is not familiar with the difference, they aren't writing this off. Additionally, there are several types of organizations for which donations cannot be written off.