We do write off donations and then donate a portion of the refund.
We don’t do a strict tithe and our church only gets a portion (the lions share) of our donations.
We believe in supporting individual ministries and missionaries at our discretion.
I think that’s a good way to go. It’s always good when you know, kinda, how the money will be spent. We don’t write off as much as anything because it’s one less thing to have to figure on the taxes. And to me, it’s ‘mad money’ anyway.