Does Giving Charity Need Intent?

Does intent matter when giving tzedakah (charity)? Nakdimon ben Guryon (Kesuvos 66b) vs. one who drops money and a pauper picks it up (Rashi Vayikra 5:17; Devarim 24:19). Why/when is there credit for the mitzvah of shichah (leaving over crop for poor people)?

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