What is your favorite charity?

[JulesMaximus]

I've only given clothes and old worn out furniture to Goodwill and the Salvation Army.

 

[RabidMongoose]

My own bank account. It's very needy.

 

[Mr N8]

We give to:

Shepherds Ministries - a non-profit home for people with cognative disabilities.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society- research for curing MS

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
ASPCA

:thumbsup:

 

[Sophia]

Mission Honduras

Facts About Honduras

* Honduras is the 2nd poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
* 65% percent of the people earn less than $55 dollars per month.
* 90% of the people live in poverty with no social security or welfare.
* 80% of the homes have no running water; even more have no electricity.
* 83% of the children do not go beyond the 3rd grade. Many children never attend school.
* 50% of the people over ten years of age are illiterate.

 

[cyclistca]

I give to the local hospital. Of course the medical system is different up here.

I stopped giving to the United Way as a lot of money goes to admin and they sometimes give to causes that I'm not crazy about.

I'll probably also give some cancer foundation this year.

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Cure Autism Now foundation.....helps well finding a cure for Autism. Autism is now considered an epidemic and the Department of Defense is starting Autism research as well. 1 in 166 children is diagnosed with severe autism.

http://www.cureautismnow.org

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: jumpr
I like the United Way. I don't see the point in donating to third-world causes when there are plenty of American tragedies that can be helped with a little money. Call me selfish, but I think charity should be directed first where it will help Americans.

We give money to american causes too. Personally, I feel the United Way is a HORRIBLE way to go. They collect money and then give it out to local charities. This in itself is not a bad thing, but it is incredibly inefficient and huge amounts of money go wasted. Giving directly to a local charity (that doesn't waste a lot of money on fundraising and/or administration) is the best way to go to make YOUR money do the most good.

The United Way has a pretty good track record for not wasting money actually. I'm not trying to convince you to donate, but they are not in fact inefficient.

I agree that you have the most control over your donation by giving to a ground-level charity though.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I am on the board of a charitable foundation and need to make some donation recommendations this weekend. If anyone has a charity they would like to recommend for their good works, I am all ears.

An example of a charity we like to fund is: The Smile Train which fixes cleft palates for free in 3rd world countries. An added bonus is the charity's administrative costs are paid for by a couple of high profile donors, so all additional donations go straight to the cause...

Any suggestions?

p.s. YOU are not a charity...

I cannot name a better charity than Hospice.

The care and services they offer the terminal ill is simply amazing...

All drugs, hospital bed, at home nursing care, emergency visits (ambulance), grief counseling for a year afterward.

Just amazing. My mother was a volunteer and now I know why.