Isn't lifelong gift worth $95 a year?

Isn't lifelong gift worth $95 a year?

Does giving back to your community have to be measured by a tax deduction?

The potential benefit of foregoing the indoor pool would be a $146 reduction on the average Glen Ellyn property tax bill; this assumes the park district doesn't renew the current levy with another project. Economically, a $146 tax deduction for property taxes yields the same result as a $146 charitable contribution. In fact, assuming you're in the 35 percent federal tax bracket, this equates to a $95 after-tax cost.

So I ask the fiscally conservative but charitable minded resident the following: Isn't giving our community the gift of a lifelong recreational improvement worth $95 a year?

G. Scott Brown

Glen Ellyn