When Fast Food Places Ask You to “round up” for charity

Question

So McD’s asks you, when you pay, to round up the cost of your order for charity. My question is this: I’m giving the money to McD’s, not the charity. Am I then helping them get a bigger tax deduction for corporate giving? So my 18 cents they match means they get credit for a 36 cent charitable gift?

In: Economics

Answer 1

I think when you round up at fast food places for charity, you’re technically donating to the restaurant’s charity fund. They then donate an amount to the charity matching your contribution.