Best/worst organizations to contribute to?

[Robcatt24]

We make a small monthly donation to St. Judes.

From what research I've done, they are one of the best as far as most of your donation goes to those in need.

Have heard that Goodwill is one of the worst.

Would just like to hear from those who know a lot more than me about who and who not to give to.

 

[vhcat70]

Democrat Party is the worst. Planned Parenthood up there.

 

[Saguaro Cat]

The Donald Trump Foundation used charitable donations to buy a Tim Tebow Helmet and two paintings of himself. The good news is you can't donate it to it anymore because they didn't fight being shut down for fraud.

Best: ACLU.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Democrat Party is the worst. Planned Parenthood up there.

Yep. DNC. 100%

 

[mashburned]

The Human Fund

 

[Spica Orbit]

The best...yourself. Forget everybody else.

Spica Orbit

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

The Human Fund

Donated 300 Constanzas to that org

 

[warrior-cat]

We make a small monthly donation to St. Judes.

From what research I've done, they are one of the best as far as most of your donation goes to those in need.

Have heard that Goodwill is one of the worst.

Would just like to hear from those who know a lot more than me about who and who not to give to.

St. Jude's for me as well. Salvation army>Goodwill by far. I used to give to Wounded Warrior but found a lot goes to Admin. DAV better so back to that one (close to home).

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

The Salt and Pepper corporation

 

[august-west]

We make a small monthly donation to St. Judes.

From what research I've done, they are one of the best as far as most of your donation goes to those in need.

Have heard that Goodwill is one of the worst.

Would just like to hear from those who know a lot more than me about who and who not to give to.

Goodwill is nothing but a scam. People give them stuff for free to re-sell. St. Judes, Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House are a few of the better ones.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Goodwill is nothing but a scam. People give them stuff for free to re-sell. St. Judes, Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House are a few of the better ones.

Goodwill. Needs to put a small shop near every nursing home. Do the math.

 

[RacerX.ksr]

The Donald Trump Foundation used charitable donations to buy a Tim Tebow Helmet and two paintings of himself. The good news is you can't donate it to it anymore because they didn't fight being shut down for fraud.

Best: ACLU.

[laughing] Whatcha goin for? Tarpon? Marlin?

 

[Ahnan E. Muss]

Any other fake news from Facebook that you want to share with us?

 

[august-west]

Any other fake news from Facebook that you want to share with us?

Fine, I'll delete it but i stand by my Goodwill take.

 

[CatOfDaVille]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I give to Goodwill several times a year.

Of course, I don't see it as donating to a charity; I use them to get rid of **** I don't want while getting a tax deduction.

 

[Punkin Puss]

My uncle and wife was getting scammed alot from not so kosher charities.

I used http://www.give.org/ and https://www.charitynavigator.org/ .

Some the worst rated one seem use vets and first responderers as their aim.
Also keep a lookout for ones wanting donations to save their social security benifits.

My advice to him was give to your local church charity first.

 

[rmattox]

Best:
1. Your church
2. Samaritan's Purse
3. Galilean Home in Liberty, Ky If you're not familiar with this one, you should check it out.

 

[420grover]

People I know who are struggling. That way I know every penny is going to someone who needs it.

 

[rick64]

Democrat Party is the worst. Planned Parenthood up there.

Absolutely!!

 

[funKYcat75]

Best bet is probably something local. See who is on the news and out in the streets actually doing stuff and give them money to help.

 

[ukalum1988]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I give to Goodwill several times a year.

Of course, I don't see it as donating to a charity; I use them to get rid of **** I don't want while getting a tax deduction.

There’s a Goodwill Thrift Store about 3-4 miles from my house. We take stuff there a couple times a year. I actually went into the store once out of curiosity, and most of what they on sale is at least acceptable for someone on a tight budget.

In the back, they have what is essentially a loading dock with a 30 cubic yard dumpster. Sometimes I see the employees / volunteers throwing crap into the dumpster. In their defense I’ve seen people bringing stuff that’s just about one step above garbage.

Best charities: St. Jude, Red Cross, Food for the Poor, your house of worship.

Worst: already mentioned

 

[buckethead1978]

Worst: The Bengals

 

[Beatle Bum]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I give to Goodwill several times a year.

Of course, I don't see it as donating to a charity; I use them to get rid of **** I don't want while getting a tax deduction.

I don’t care for Goodwill, but it awesome that you don’t have to take the standard deduction.

 

[UpstateNYCat]

We annually do Toys4Tots, Coats4Kids, Animal Shelters. This year we donated some money for care packages to soldiers overseas. This time of year is where we do most of our donations.

 

[UKGrad93]

Best bet is probably something local. See who is on the news and out in the streets actually doing stuff and give them money to help.

We give to a local dog shelter and Ronald McDonald House. We have benefited from the work of both organizations.

 

[mdlUK.1]

St Jude and Shriners for me. The commercials got me.

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

Best:
1. Your church
2. Samaritan's Purse
3. Galilean Home in Liberty, Ky If you're not familiar with this one, you should check it out.

I've spent a few weeks working with Samaritan's Purse over the years but have decided to end it after my last trip. 1 and 3 are quality choices.

 

[JDHoss]

Democrat Party is the worst. Planned Parenthood up there.

Anyone who donates to ANY political party should be declared clinically insane....

 

[Get Buckets]

Goodwill is nothing but a scam. People give them stuff for free to re-sell.

What’s wrong with that? Isn’t their mission to provide jobs to those with special needs and those with trouble entering the traditional work force?

If they were/are using that money to pay excessive compensation to executives I would see an issue.

 

[august-west]

What’s wrong with that? Isn’t their mission to provide jobs to those with special needs and those with trouble entering the traditional work force?

If they were/are using that money to pay excessive compensation to executives I would see an issue.

Ive tried to find the salary paid to GW'S CEO but the numbers are all over the place. That said, I've never seen anyone working for GW that was special needs or otherwise.

 

[UKGrad93]

Ive tried to find the salary paid to GW'S CEO but the numbers are all over the place. That said, I've never seen anyone working for GW that was special needs or otherwise.

The GW near me employs special needs people. I had a neighbor (not special needs) that worked with them for a while.

 

[Get Buckets]

Ive tried to find the salary paid to GW'S CEO but the numbers are all over the place. That said, I've never seen anyone working for GW that was special needs or otherwise.

I’ve seen it every one I’ve ever been to.

 

[jameslee32]

Lots of good examples of outright fraud. Far too many had people use the money to basically enrich themselves like Wounded Warriors and Trump Foundation. Ironically, many have the words Police, Firefighters, Children and Veterans in the charity name itself.

As far as who has probably done the most good and ALSO became one of the richest organizations in the world, you'd have to look at the Catholic Church.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Lots of good examples of outright fraud. Far too many had people use the money to basically enrich themselves like Wounded Warriors and Trump Foundation. Ironically, many have the words Police, Firefighters, Children and Veterans in the charity name itself.

As far as who has probably done the most good and ALSO became one of the richest organizations in the world, you'd have to look at the Catholic Church.

lol, nothing about Bono's foundation or Clinton Foundation. Those are way more corrupt than WW or anything Trump related.

 

[bigsmoothie]

Gods food pantry. Church of course. Local FOP. Boys and girls ranch through the sheriffs dept.

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

Best: someone truly hungry
Worst: Dude who tries to scam your *** with some hard luck story while you try pumping gas. ——tie—- dude at end of Watterson Expw on ramp flying a sign.

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

This topic is definitely thick with the humble brag.

 

[KopiKat]

We make a small monthly donation to St. Judes.

From what research I've done, they are one of the best as far as most of your donation goes to those in need.

Have heard that Goodwill is one of the worst.

Would just like to hear from those who know a lot more than me about who and who not to give to.

Whenever I encounter this subject I generally try to make an effort to make people aware of another very remarkable, Memphis area children's hospital. But first. Yes, St. Jude is at a minimum a very worthy organization for giving. You can feel completely at peace, knowing that your contributions are being used to a truly virtuous cause, treating children diagnosed with cancer, helping their families, up to and including their travel expenses if necessary. Very likely that each of us has known a family with a loved one who has benefitted from the beautiful generosity and abilities of St. Jude.

Le Bonheur children's hospital in Memphis is a remarkable institution with very similar purpose to help children and families, also relying on donations, but possibly not exclusively. Differently from St. Jude, Le Bonheur's primary mission is to treat children who have experienced trauma. And they are also renowned for treatment of brain tumors. I would encourage finding their website to learn more.

It truly is marvelous, city of Memphis, has these two wonderful hospitals for children.

 

[KopiKat]

Goodwill is nothing but a scam. People give them stuff for free to re-sell. St. Judes, Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House are a few of the better ones.

Not sure how re-selling material donations for the purpose to raise money is a scam. They aren't exactly misleading with this very obvious process. Clearly you don't like the optics of it, but nobody is being duped, not a scam.

A good example of where a major charity organization runs off the rails was a few decades ago with United Way. Seems like it was their CEO or maybe multiple execs got caught embezzling many millions from the coffers. I don't know how they managed to re-establish their trust with the public so quickly. That part always made me more suspicious than the embezzling did. To this day, very common for employers to push United Way on their employees, automatic payroll deductions, competitive drives with other employers / industries in a given area or region. I'm not a big fan of UW. Absolutely they do a lot of good, but it isn't as if charity organizations aren't like businesses. They can be replaced by competition. United Way seems to have some powerful, behind the scenes support system preventing an emerging equal. The embezzlement thing was powerful ugly. There was a lot of thought at the time it would destroy UW. Hardly.

 

[Flash1964]

Not sure how re-selling material donations for the purpose to raise money is a scam. They aren't exactly misleading with this very obvious process. Clearly you don't like the optics of it, but nobody is being duped, not a scam.

A good example of where a major charity organization runs off the rails was a few decades ago with United Way. Seems like it was their CEO or maybe multiple execs got caught embezzling many millions from the coffers. I don't know how they managed to re-establish their trust with the public so quickly. That part always made me more suspicious than the embezzling did. To this day, very common for employers to push United Way on their employees, automatic payroll deductions, competitive drives with other employers / industries in a given area or region. I'm not a big fan of UW. Absolutely they do a lot of good, but it isn't as if charity organizations aren't like businesses. They can be replaced by competition. United Way seems to have some powerful, behind the scenes support system preventing an emerging equal. The embezzlement thing was powerful ugly. There was a lot of thought at the time it would destroy UW. Hardly.

As far as GW goes, I think the problem is most people think it is a non-profit charity. It isn't. It is a regular business that gets people to donate and then sells for profit.

I've worked with the local UW (of Ohio Valley) for the past 20 years. Like all huge "anything", there will be good and bad apples. I think the national issues you discussed brought a lot of change to the oversight and policies of UW. The UWOV is outstanding. They take their jobs seriously and do a ton of good. They are also extremely cognizant of expenses and keep them to a minimum. In KY, it is the UW's that are getting 211 up and running. 211 is the phone service where those in need can call one number and get referred to the right agencies for whatever their need is.

Go Cats and everyone have a great day!