Which is best?
Samaritan’s Purse is our choice. It gives 97% of all money donated to help on the ground, with only 3% going to overhead, much better than most charities. Thrivent Insurance is matching member donations to a selected list of reliable charities that includes Samaritan’s Purse, so if you are a member of Thrivent, your gift is doubled.
Samaritans Purse, avoid the red cross
And I assume Christians traditional enough to believe in hell, and that diverting charitable contributions would be one way to end up there.
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Salvation Army
Texas Baptist Men
Cajun Navy
Samaritans Purse
Second Baptist, Houston
77,000 Members - Dr. Ed Young, Pastor
100% goes to Harvey Relief Victims
Houston Strong; http://home.second.org/
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Calvary Chapel Houston. They’re boots on the ground, 100% proceeds goes to rescue and recovery. They are also looking for volunteers if you can make it down.
http://www.calvarychapelrelieftexas.com
Samaritan’s Purse, run by Franklin Graham
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/samaritans-purse-responding-to-houston-floods/
I know an uninsured family who is up the creek. We are helping them out.
I’ve nixed Salvation Army because they pig-piled on Trump after Charlottesville.
“The Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and Susan G. Komen on Friday joined a growing exodus of organizations canceling plans to hold fundraising events at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, deepening the financial impact to President Trumps private business amid furor over his comments on Charlottesville.”
I nixed Red Cross decades ago because of veteran friends of mine who were screwed by Red Cross many times, and in many ways.
I’m not Southern Baptist, but I know that the Southern Baptist Men’s relief crews usually are first on the scene of any disaster. I would put my money there.
Samaritans purse. #1.
Samaritans Purse. I used to also support Salvation Army but not anymore because they went political.