Bush and Cheney Disclose How Much They Gave to Charity

President Bush and Vice President Cheney and their wives have released information about their contributions to charities last year.

The White House said that Mr. Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush, gave $78,100 to churches and charitable organizations, a figure that represents 12 percent of their taxable income of $642,905.

The causes and organizations receiving gifts from President and Mrs. Bush included the Combined Federal Campaign, the federal government's annual charity drive; Martha's Table, a soup kitchen in Washington; Operation Smile, a health organization that recruits doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to donate their time to travel to developing countries and throughout the United States to perform reconstructive surgery on children, the Salvation Army; and Susan G. Komen for the Cure (formerly known as the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.)

The White House did not say how much money the Bushes contributed to specific organizations.

Vice President Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, said they contributed $104,425 to charity in 2006, which represented 6.5 percent of their taxable income of $1.6-million. They did not identify the organizations that received their gifts.

The Cheneys said that their total contributions to charities during the years he has served as vice president is $7.8-million.