How Much of Your Taxes Are Helping People in Need?

Americans scrambled to meet the IRS' deadline on Tuesday to file their tax returns. While the annual process can be tedious and hits many where it really hurts (in the pocketbook), there's a social good silver lining: A chunk of that money went toward helping people in serious need around the world.

ONE, the grassroots campaign of more than 3 million people fighting against extreme poverty and preventable diseases, created a web calculator to measure how much impact your taxes have on the good of the planet. Just type in your annual income below, and based on the average tax rate, you can see how much of your money supports foreign aid. Read more...