It’s required by US law for organizations to collect this data on donors. It’s also to your own benefit, as most charitable donations are taxed deductible 
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That's fair. It should be optional. Having made plenty of charitible donations, it's likely so they can send you thank you cards and solicit more donations from you.
So long as it's not used for billing, I've used plenty of fake addresses for stuff like this. Usually 123 Fake St. Springfield IL in honor of the simpsons.
That's what I use! Marge actually says, "123 Fake Street, Anytown, USA"
Can't just use Fools Street 123?
123 Fake Street, got it!