<prompt> Human: This would be the only charitable contribution I would make this year. I am filing single with no dependents. The rest of my return is pure vanilla. Thanks.EDIT: I dont have a mortgage  <response>: You are correct in assuming that you would need to itemize deductions in order to get a tax benefit from this. So, if itemizing deductions cant yield more than your standard deduction, you wont get a tax benefit from your donation. 