If you are going to give to charity, it should be a donation you can write off.  

I am sure the OP will give you the tenant's info if you want to donate $2k a month to her like you expect the OP to do.

If you want to help people, donate to an organized charity. 

BP is a GREAT resource.Still, it needs to be "married" with a source of education (I'm partial to Renatus, myself) so folks can have access to true experts who donate their time away from their own profitable businesses to keep students apprised of changes in policies, legislation, etc. at both the local and national levels, while at the same time having those educational resources organized into profession-specific areas like fix-and-flip, buy-and-hold, short term rentals (a.k.a.

@Maya Torres If you are in a position to help, i would donate something to help her get rid of the mice (also check to see if she is doing something to unknowingly attract them). 

@Natalie Cloutier to me it is great that you want to do something nice but I'd rather collect the money for the water bill and donate your stimulus check to Feeding America or some other charity. 

Just last week, we donated them to local NYC hospitals, which was really fulfilling.

I stopped eating out, I quit cigarettes, I educated myself, I cancelled memberships I wasn't using or could go without, I stopped buying clothes that would eventually end up in a donation bin, and I stopped sitting on the couch when I wasn't at my W2. 

Take the half of the deposit and donate it as a tax deduction to Wounded Warriors, your local Veteran Administration Chapter, or another military organization or services that needs the help.A man wiser than I once said (thanks Dad)..."

I can donate money to the pregnancy resource center to help women in a time of need.