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They can't. You get to claim the deduction with your receipt, they just offer funds transfer.
Standard deduction pretty much cancels it all out
That's a disputed subject... but they do indeed get the "social" credit for it, even if they don't get tax credits.
Whatever charities those cash register donations are going to, how can I sign up to make myself the recipient of all those cash register donations? This is kind of a serious question because at the end of the day, someone somewhere established that transfer of funds and I want to know how to get at the receiving end of that.
Start a charity, make yourself a paid member, lobby the chain to add you to the till options–with marketing research on how its good for their brand based on a demographic.