afaik, it depends on if the org you're donating to is a registered tax-deductible non-profit. I've personally never been able to deduct donations to individual

afaik, it depends on if the org you're donating to is a registered tax-deductible non-profit. I've personally never been able to deduct donations to individual open source maintainers, even if the donation was in the thousands, but maybe I just need a new accountant.