It is not unusual for a charity to ask for a W-9 when making someone else's rent payment. 

(There is a school four properties away so they may have wanted to prevent school kids from investigating the unsafe structure) It's not humorous at all that a tenant lost her home, I am unsure if she had renters insurance but I set her up with my church St Pauls Episcopal in Maumee where they operate a food pantry and keep a charity fund for just this purpose and she already has the red cross housing her.

I gave you a charity vote @Joe Gore :-)

I need a charity in Washington state that does not have an extremely high minimum value.

No mercy, this is a business, not a charity.

BP has15% sale and they donate 5 dollars to a charity so I would love to take advantage of helping out and saving money. 2.

@Dennis WeberOne can make a direct distribution from an IRA to a charity, but it is only tax-exempted as a "Qualified Charitable Distribution" if you are over age 70 1/2 and therefore subject to Required Minimum Distributions from the IRA.Otherwise, you can take a distribution to yourself, which it taxed as income, then contribute it to a qualified charity or non-profit, which gives you a write off.It would be best to consult with your CPA on this topic.https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-pl...

I was primarily motivated by the desire to assist him but nor am I running a charity, so to say, and he fully understands the benefit of being able to borrow my credit in this way.

A Charity?  

MY VALUE PROPOSITIONI'm not looking for a charity case.