Favorite Charities?
What are your favorite charities? What do you regularly give to? I have some empty space in my “secular tithing” budget that I’m looking to fill in.
What are your favorite charities? What do you regularly give to? I have some empty space in my “secular tithing” budget that I’m looking to fill in.
Reil, Thanks for the input, all! I’ve had a bunch of the more ‘obvious’ ones down, but there are a few that I hadn’t heard of (like CASA and Feeding America, who I have ‘equivalents’ to but will likely diversify out to), or hadn’t thought to contribute to (Propublica, UNHCR). Good stuff, everybody.
XTL, Eff, archive.org, local animal shelters.
xilliah, Kiva
Penguincoder,
- Feeding America - www.charitynavigator.org/ein/363673599
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - www.charitynavigator.org/ein/043091431
- No kid should ever go hungry
- Information should be free; privacy is important
Serz, Looking up local stuff definitely seems best. Lots of good wildlife rehabs around me, that’s usually my go-to.
Mugmoor, (edited ) I’m a member of Amnesty International, and I’ve sponsored kids through Plan Canada for about 10 years. I used to be a professional fundraiser, and those two really struck a chord with me.
UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) and MSF (Medicines Sans Frontieres) are ones I used to work with, and they both do great work too.
In Canada all registered charities are audited annually. Their financials are available online for you to review.
maino82, My local food bank is my favorite place to donate and volunteer at. My friend also works as a CASA so I donate to them as well (link is for the national organization, but they’re may be a local group you can donate to directly). Other than that, look around your area for local nonprofits. There are lots of local charities that work with kids, help solve local problems, etc that can always use some financial help. There are several organizations that you can go to if you want to vet and check on the charities to make sure they’re legit.
Kit, I donate to a local group that provides housing for homeless youth. Before donating, always check where the money actually goes - there’s a few good websites for this that breaks down the org’s budget for CEO pay, marketing, etc.
xyguy, Wikimedia foundation and Propublica. Also just local food banks.
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