Posted on 12/05/2019 5:41:11 PM PST by marshmallow
Or people have figured out many so called charities and non-profits are frauds or just don’t do what they say they do.
It may have something to do with the sneaking suspicion that the money doesn’t go where they say it will.
If you Donate to one like magic you get hundreds of those requests in the mail . Here’s a sucker gets passed threw their network
Given that today the median income in America is a staggeringly low $32,000, I can see why on this factor alone charitable giving is down.
Leftists “gave at the tax office” (or made YOU give at the tax office) and that’s good enough in their mind.
My wife is on every sucker mailing list out there.
The “save the Earth” folks need to work on banning bulk mail.
;-)
I dont give anymore for 2 reasons..
Which charities actually use the money judicially
AND
will not bug me for years about another contribution
Last donation I used Paypal thinking it would be anonymous. Learned a quick lesson there. Never again!
I know more people who perform individual charitable acts than people who give to organizations.
I don’t see giving to gargantuan organizations as likely to actually help many people who arent management level employees of those same organizations
Or people have figured out many so called charities and non-profits are frauds or just don’t do what they say they do.
Don’t they.
Not buying that...No sale.
I DO NOT give to national orgs such as the United Way.
> It may have something to do with the sneaking suspicion that the money doesn’t go where they say it will. <
The president of the Red Cross makes over $600,000 per year. I’m guessing numbers like that might turn a few folks off.
I give a lot to charity, both money and in-kind gifts or service, but I avoid secular charities. Several years ago I wrote off United Way. Later Girl Scouts. Now Boy Scouts. Ironically, the reason I wrote off United Way a long time ago had to do with its prejudice against the Boy Scouts. I do donate to the local food bank and animal shelter but that is about it as far as secular groups are concerned.
People have figured out many so called charities and non-profits are frauds or just don’t do what they say they do.
That is probably happening with many legal citizen/tax payers.
Also, how many illegals give anything to charities and yet are included in these numbers?
We Donate to battered women’s shelters and hospital patient support homes.
I stopped almost entirely after the 2008 election — I decided that most charities are “helping” people who want the Almighty Government to be their savior. Okay, have fun with that.
I donate a lot to charity, at the point of a gun. I would prefer to direct my money to charities that I feel are worthwhile, not what 536 people in The Swamp dictate.
Most charities are not good at their stated goal.
Give locally. Become involved in organizations and donate time and talent.
I have started to limit my monetary giving.
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