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Yeah I'm no expert either, but I do think there is some kind of accounting shit (are they loopholes if it's intentional?) that they do.
I think there's something around "pass-through" entities that they use to lower their tax burden... But again, I know very little about this stuff.
Apparently though, with donations made at the cash register (e.g. round your order up), the corporation is just collecting the donation on behalf of the charity and can't use that to lower their tax burden. So that might just be pure PR.
The little jars at the register are treated differently though I think.