What's Your Favorite Charity?

[CG6468]

As you open your pockets for the next natural disaster, please keep these facts in mind: The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans salary for the year was $651,957 plus expenses The United Way President Brian Gallagher receives a $375,000 base salary along with numerous expense benefits UNICEF CEO Caryl M.Stern receives $1,200,000 per year ($100k per month) plus all expenses including a ROLLS ROYCE. Less than 5 cents of your donated dollar goes to the cause.

The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year(plus housing) for managing this $2 billion dollar organization. 96 percent of donated dollars go to the cause.

The American Legion National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!

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[BlueStateSaint]

I just sent it out to a few people--one of whom has a huge emailing list.

[Wineslob]

SA is the only one I donate to.

[mamacags]

All of our donations go to S.A., Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the church.  United Way made me mad years ago with their stupid criteria for help.  A friend REALLY needed help for herself and her two children and they wouldn't lift a finger.

[formerlurker]

The Doug Flutie Foundation, and other local non-profits.

[MrsSmith]

We sponsor through Compassion International, most of our local charity is done through our church or the Salvation Army.  Or we donate directly to the victims, as with the Joplin tornado. 

[IassaFTots]

Ken-tenn relief team.  These guys helped out many friends of mine on the MGC after Katrina, and they still keep going.

I also donate to my local American Legion, Texas Baptist Men, and Operation Kindness.

[Eupher]

SA is the only one I donate to.

Ditto.

The United Way hosed up 9-11 so badly that I'll never look in that direction again, and the Red Cross is almost as inept.

Too much bureaucracy, too much baggage, too much opportunity for fraud and waste with those organizations. I have a long history with the SA and they're tops in my book.

I tithe at church as well, a very healthy amount, and that goes mostly to local charities that do good work.

[debk]

Our Church and Catholic Charities.

SA at Christmastime, and I almost always will buy whatever the neighborhood kids are selling either for their schools, Scouts, etc, or whoever's collecting at the grocery - last weekend at Walmart it was soliders collecting for Wounded Warriors.

[longview]

SA for general giving.  Will provide goods or gift certificates to local people in need (fire, illness requiring travel for treatment, that sort of thing). 

I give at church, but don't consider them a charity.  I just know it takes money to keep the lights on, pay the preacher, etc.

[CG6468]

I perform volunteer work for my Legion post. When funds allow it, I donate to the SA.

The Red Cross and the United Way can both eat shit and die.

[MrsSmith]

SA for general giving.  Will provide goods or gift certificates to local people in need (fire, illness requiring travel for treatment, that sort of thing).  

I give at church, but don't consider them a charity.  I just know it takes money to keep the lights on, pay the preacher, etc.

Churches aren't charities, but they often donate a lot to charity.  Ours does things like setting up an apartment to be used for someone in desperate need, sending teams to local disasters, providing shelter/food/facilities to teams responding to a disaster in our area, supporting missionaries overseas and mission trips to build homes in Mexico, sending donations to our pregnancy center and the closest orphanage, etc. Our church "tithes" to charities and missions, and takes up special offerings for specific local needs.  One great reason to donate to and through your local church is the certainty that your dollars are not going to line someone's pocket...

[Janice]

The Shriners Hospitals for Children has long been one of my favorites. They help kids with special needs when nobody else will ... or can afford to. And not just in the States here.

[debk]

The Shriners Hospitals for Children has long been one of my favorites. They help kids with special needs when nobody else will ... or can afford to. And not just in the States here.

My dad was a Shriner. They do such wonderful work for children.

[Firechild]

For the most part, when I had a job, when the economy wasn't in the tank, I would never donate money because I felt it was misappropriated most of the time.  I've seen a lot of thieving; I don't like to generalize, I certainly don't think they all do that.   For me, donating my time and efforts was more rewarding to me and its recipients. 

Since without a job, I assist in building homes for Habitat for Humanity.   You see a lot of kids faces light up when they see they have a new home...It's a great feeling.

[TVDOC]

The Shriners Hospitals for Children has long been one of my favorites. They help kids with special needs when nobody else will ... or can afford to. And not just in the States here.

Mine as well....as a Shriner, I donate both time (as a Medflight pilot) and funds every year.  We also give a good deal to SA.

The problem that I have with United Way goes WAY back to the time when I was coming up in the corporate world.....and their tactics......they go to CEO's and con them into setting a "goal" for their entire organization, which is then filtered down through the managers and employees.........there was much implied threatening and "arm twisting" to extort a pledge from everyone for a "Fair Share" (which, if I remember correctly was one hour's pay per week).  The payoff for the CEO's was a huge "black tie" gala where they all got good press coverage, and awards for their participation.......while the underlings paid the bill.........not for me.  The final straw came when they decided to stop helping the Boy Scouts.......for what they perceived as their anti-gay bias.

doc

[CG6468]

Mine as well....as a Shriner, I donate both time (as a Medflight pilot) and funds every year.  We also give a good deal to SA.

The problem that I have with United Way goes WAY back to the time when I was coming up in the corporate world.....and their tactics......they go to CEO's and con them into setting a "goal" for their entire organization, which is then filtered down through the managers and employees.........there was much implied threatening and "arm twisting" to extort a pledge from everyone for a "Fair Share" (which, if I remember correctly was one hour's pay per week). doc

That's exactly what we got back in my days in the USCG. The CO absolutely, positively, HAD to have 100% of the people under his command donating to the UW so he'd get a favorable review.

We just called it our insurance policy, when we wanted some leave, etc.

[debk]

Mine as well....as a Shriner, I donate both time (as a Medflight pilot) and funds every year.  We also give a good deal to SA.

The problem that I have with United Way goes WAY back to the time when I was coming up in the corporate world.....and their tactics......they go to CEO's and con them into setting a "goal" for their entire organization, which is then filtered down through the managers and employees.........there was much implied threatening and "arm twisting" to extort a pledge from everyone for a "Fair Share" (which, if I remember correctly was one hour's pay per week).  The payoff for the CEO's was a huge "black tie" gala where they all got good press coverage, and awards for their participation.......while the underlings paid the bill.........not for me.  The final straw came when they decided to stop helping the Boy Scouts.......for what they perceived as their anti-gay bias.

doc

I haven't given to United Way since the mid-70's, when I worked for Xerox and was - um...forced - to give to UW.

[catsmtrods]

I only give to SA and local conservatives who are in races with libs. I just wrote a ck to George Phillips to help him get a jump start on beating Hinchey in 2012.

[Eupher]

Mine as well....as a Shriner, I donate both time (as a Medflight pilot) and funds every year.  We also give a good deal to SA.

The problem that I have with United Way goes WAY back to the time when I was coming up in the corporate world.....and their tactics......they go to CEO's and con them into setting a "goal" for their entire organization, which is then filtered down through the managers and employees.........there was much implied threatening and "arm twisting" to extort a pledge from everyone for a "Fair Share" (which, if I remember correctly was one hour's pay per week).  The payoff for the CEO's was a huge "black tie" gala where they all got good press coverage, and awards for their participation.......while the underlings paid the bill.........not for me.  The final straw came when they decided to stop helping the Boy Scouts.......for what they perceived as their anti-gay bias.

doc

My current company participates in the UW "campaign". They preach about the "good stuff" that UW does, etc, and they invite everybody to contribute.

There is no arm-twisting, however. I believe, for the most part, those days are gone.

I do not contribute to UW, for reasons already stated.

[JakeStyle]

TAPS is the 24/7 tragedy assistance resource for ANYONE who has suffered the loss of a military loved one, regardless of the relationship to the deceased or the circumstance of the death.

[Boudicca]

No kill pet shelters for money.  Salvation Army for used household goods.

I'd never donate to an organization where the CEO makes more money than the average American worker, that's for sure.