ATLANTA – Georgians gave less money to charitable organizations through a program allowing them to check off donations on state income tax forms.
Checkoff donations on state income tax forms dropped by 9 percent during fiscal 2011, to around $1.1 million, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Fiscal 2011, which ended June 30, reflects the 2010 tax year.
State tax forms allow Georgians to donate to eight statewide organizations, including those supporting families and soldiers of the National Guard, land and wildlife preservation, cancer research, preschool and elderly programs, and dog and cat sterilization efforts.
Seven of the eight organizations received fewer dollars.
The steepest decline came in contributions to the Statewide Land Conservation Program. Checkoff donations to that program in 2010 were about one-third of what they were in 2009, records show.