Obamas Donated 6.5% of Income to Charity Last Year
April 15, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, last year donated 6.5 percent of their income to charity, according to figures the White House released today.
Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill, donated less than 1 percent of their income to charitable causes.
The figures come from the release of the tax returns filed by the president and vice president.
The Obamas reported giving a total of $172,050 to charitable organizations. Their adjusted gross income last year was nearly $2.66-million.
The Obamas donated to 37 organizations. Their largest contributions were $25,000 to CARE and $25,000 to the United Negro College Fund.
The Bidens took a charitable-tax deduction of $1,885. Their adjusted gross income last year was $269,256.
However, the vice president’s office said that “the charitable donations claimed by the Bidens on their tax returns are not the sum of their annual contributions to charity. They donate to their church, and they contribute to their favorite causes with their time as well as their checkbooks.”
The tax return filed by the Bidens shows they made cash gifts of $1,335 to organizations whose names they did not disclose and $550 in clothing to Goodwill Industries.
