Do You Give To Charities?

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Darkmakaimura

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In general, I don't like giving to charities because they take a chunk of the money instead of giving it to the actual people.

However, I do occasionally support some charities

The last two charities I gave to were Trans Lifeline and GOG.

The latter is because I'm pretty hardcore about video game preservation and being DRM free. It's something I'm an advocate for.

Does anyone here give to any charities at all?
 
No... Because they are actually a mafia in disguise.

I only give it to those who really need it, and I give it to them directly.

I also don't give money to the homeless, because they often end up earning more begging than an eight-hour worker.
 
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A general distrust for these institutions keep me from donating. As you allude to, I imagine 90 cents of every dollar end up going to the executives payroll. I'm sure there are some great ones out there, but I don't have the desire to search them out.
 
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ReasonBeing said:
A general distrust for these institutions keep me from donating. As you allude to, I imagine 90 cents of every dollar end up going to the executives payroll. I'm sure I'm there are some great ones out there, but I don't have the desire to search them out.
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Yeah that's why I would rather give money to somebody on GoFundMe or Kofi.
 
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Does humble bundle count? I always change where the amount goes, by default the charity takes like almost nothing out of those purchases which is scummy, but i always use custom and allocate 90% to them, assuming ofc, humble bundle isnt an actual corporate scam.
 
The Cockatrice said:
Does humble bundle count? I always change where the amount goes, by default the charity takes like almost nothing out of those purchases which is scummy, but i always use custom and allocate 90% to them, assuming ofc, humble bundle isnt an actual corporate scam.
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I've heard about them but never used them.
 
Nope. Pretty much all of the traditional charities and foundations use majority of the cash they get to run their operations. It's probably a smaller percentage for online charities, but I still wouldn't feel okay with the fact that a large part of the money I gave wasn't used to help someone.
 
I used to, no longer. I would give money to people on corners with signs and such, too, then eventually a couple of layabouts would wait outside my workplace for me to come out and ask for more, so I stopped doing that.

I just give money to my church and clothes to the Salvation Army now. Occasionally I'll donate online to a particular cause on GoFundMe and the like.
 
Nope. I don't give a fuck what they say half the time the funds are misused. I'd rather help those in need directly.

Normally that would be a dog.
 
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Not without doing research to see where the money goes or how trustworthy they are. Which leads 90% of the time to "they're corrupt" or "they're not transparent with how the money is spent". I'd rather give directly to the SPCA if I have money left over to donate, tbh. I know they're not perfect, but last I looked, at least around 80% of donations go directly into supporting the animals, which is acceptable in my eyes.
 
I buy from charity shops, so I guess that counts. But some of the cheeky fuckers still ask if I want to make a donation at the checkout. Buying things (that were donated to them for free) IS the donation.
 
nush said:
I buy from charity shops, so I guess that counts. But some of the cheeky fuckers still ask if I want to make a donation at the checkout. Buying things (that were donated to them for free) IS the donation.
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GOG once had a $5 sale on Darkwood and all proceeds went to Ukraine. So I said why the fuck not.
 
I give money to the street performer that plays the violin. At least you can see where its going to.

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in my locale, there are charity organization which is very transparent and we can also see the process to giving to others or places, so yes, i give charity.
 
I donate to a couple of animal charities.

Like a lot of people here, I was skeptical of where the money went, but here in the UK you can search the charity's accounts and they'll show you exactly how much money they raise and how much they pay to staff.

I also have changed my mind about charities paying staff. They need people who are skilled in running an organisation, logistics, advertising, etc. Etc. If the charity is to achieve the kinds of results that are desirable they need to pay market rate for those skills.
 
I give to my church, and I give to a private school my brother runs to support students that can't afford to attend. We give to a group that provides schools and food in Honduras.

We also give to other various organizations.
 
Occasionally, but what actually detracts me is when you give some and then they home in on you. Charities are relentless when they realize they have someone who donates. The aggressive letters and notifications actually make me less inclined to give any further. Then there are the letters they send to me with money (like a dollar or two). I guess the idea is to guilt trip you into paying it forward, but it doesn't make sense. When they do stuff like that they actually lose money and I am not guaranteed to give it back. It's very annoying.
 
Thurible said:
Occasionally, but what actually detracts me is when you give some and then they home in on you. Charities are relentless when they realize they have someone who donates. The aggressive letters and notifications actually make me less inclined to give any further. Then there are the letters they send to me with money (like a dollar or two). I guess the idea is to guilt trip you into paying it forward, but it doesn't make sense. When they do stuff like that they actually lose money and I am not guaranteed to give it back. It's very annoying.
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They only run campaigns repeatedly that work. They're in the business of getting donations so that they're able to fund the headline work.

As for being asked repeatedly, take it as a complement. They recognise you as the compassionate person you are who sees value in helping out where you can. No harm in asking if you are able to help again.
 
Yes, i do. Not as much as I used to. Due to life expenses.

One tip: Look at the "administrative cost" of the non profit. They will disclose it. If it is over 12-15% that is usually NOT GOOD, not always. But you want low admin cost, to see that the money is actually going to the cause. As some posters have mentioned, there is a ton of fraud out there.
 
You can tell whose minds really been messed up by the media in this thread huh

I donate to the local food bank every year. They use 95% of the donated money on the food they distribute to local needy families. I'm not going to stop doing this as long as I have the money to keep doing it the rest of my life
 
I donate to the ALS society mostly because they helped my family out when my mom was dying of it. (You've heard people say fuck cancer? I say fuck ALS, it's arguably worse.)
 
I use to until they started ringing me up and being arsy on the phone to try and belittle you into paying, The Red Cross did that to me 20 years ago now and haven't given a penny since, something is dodgy in the background with those charities.
 
Sure do. Ones for kids sport, our local children's hospital when they are buying something new, Santa's anonymous, spca, and a few others.

My church also does a lot of charity work.
 
Mr Reasonable said:
They only run campaigns repeatedly that work. They're in the business of getting donations so that they're able to fund the headline work.

As for being asked repeatedly, take it as a complement. They recognise you as the compassionate person you are who sees value in helping out where you can. No harm in asking if you are able to help again.
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I understand that, they are good people who are just doing their job to help. However, it does feel annoying at times to get a constant supply of letters and such asking for more donations. I give of my own volition and for my own reasons, I am not the type of person who gives more because someone repeatedly asks me to. That said it is still good give to charity, I just don't like feeling coerced into it because I already gave them money before.
 
Thurible said:
I understand that, they are good people who are just doing their job to help. However, it does feel annoying at times to get a constant supply of letters and such asking for more donations. I give of my own volition and for my own reasons, I am not the type of person who gives more because someone repeatedly asks me to. That said it is still good give to charity, I just don't like feeling coerced into it because I already gave them money before.
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What I'm trying to say is that they don't want to annoy you - their main concern is generating more money. Just throw the letters in the recycling if you don't want to donate at that time.
 
I give to a local animal shelter and a local kids hospice and that's it, i don't do international charities and i certainly don't do the round up your grocery bill to support XYX charity, i want my money to make an actual on the ground difference not go towards paying the $200k salary of the CEO
 
The larger, more national/international a charity is, the more overhead it costs, in general.

There are sites that attempt to give quality ratings to charities, and the US based ones at least have to give some data to the government if they want to be included in federal employee charitable giving (though the process is, in and of itself, a bit of a scam).

If you have heard of a charity or seen an ad for it, chances are it has a significant overhead. If its a 'famous' charity, then it has a MASSIVE overhead. If it is for a trendy cause, almost guaranteed to be a 90% overhead scam. For sure all the "Give to Jamaica!" things you are about to see after the hurricane are scams where the $100 you give will end with a $1 bottle of water showing up in Jamaica. An established, long running emergency response or medical aid org at least will probably deliver ~50% of the money given in the form of on-the-ground aid, which for an off shore island in a disaster, is probably pretty reasonable given the logistics. But lots will sub-contract to folks who sub-contract to folks who sub-contract and all those middle-men take their cut.

So give to a church if you want, where you can SEE the end result, or just to support the PR campaign of a charity that sponsors a cause you align with. There are a few folks that might serve to vet small, largely unknown, charitable groups, but otherwise its a total crap shoot.

As mentioned above, go donate blood if you are eligible, or at least donate $$$ to your local blood donation service. That is, BY FAR, the largest bang for your buck "my time/money equals lives saved" thing any normal person could ever do.
 
jason10mm said:
As mentioned above, go donate blood if you are eligible, or at least donate $$$ to your local blood donation service. That is, BY FAR, the largest bang for your buck "my time/money equals lives saved" thing any normal person could ever do.
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Darkmakaimura said:
In general, I don't like giving to charities because they take a chunk of the money instead of giving it to the actual people.

However, I do occasionally support some charities

The last two charities I gave to were Trans Lifeline and GOG.

The latter is because I'm pretty hardcore about video game preservation and being DRM free. It's something I'm an advocate for.

Does anyone here give to any charities at all?
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We only give to local charities where we can actually see where/how our money is being spent.

We donate food/toys/beds/etc... to local animal shelters - always tangible goods and not cash.

We've also donated to the legal funds of some local families suing our local/state school boards to enforce vaccine exemptions. Medical freedom is a pet cause for both my wife and I.

Plenty of time, money, and resources are given to deserving local political candidates, too, but that's not really charity, per se.
 
nush said:
I buy from charity shops, so I guess that counts. But some of the cheeky fuckers still ask if I want to make a donation at the checkout. Buying things (that were donated to them for free) IS the donation.
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Charity shops are there to raise the organisations profile (and help to boost occupancy on the hight street). Generally they don't break even despite the fact they're mostly staffed by volunteers.
 
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