Tuesday, August 31, 2010
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
When I get one of those charity mailers or email, I like to look up how they are doing with respect to administrative cost and other factors.
has been an invaluable aid.
I like the ten lists. It is charity porn. Who is and is not making it.
They have almost everyone. And I don't mean the big ones. I have found local charities on the site. For example, a local museum is a disaster so we do not do more than pay for minimum family memberships which are the equivalent of two movie tickets. Well, maybe three.
Not that we give a lot. Most of our giving would go directly to the Obama organization, not the DNC. Not a charity. Not deductible. Then there are the occasional gay initiatives, not on the site. Political.
It boils down, for us, to the humane organizations. We don't give to anyone else.
For that, it has been and still is, PetSmart Charities. Four stars (the highest rating) and a really, really low administrative cost. We give donations for friends as gifts.
You would be amazed that, when it comes to animals, there are a lot of scams and inefficiencies. Some of the biggest organizations are like that.
Well, it is not amazing. Animals are exploited, period. Why not in the charities?
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