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I give my time to the soup kitchen at my dad's church a few times a year. Also give clothes/furniture to the goodwill once a year.

I don't do monetary donations though. I feel like you never know how much of that money is going to make it to the cause. For me, when I donate time or goods I know how that is being used.
 
I don't because all the overpriced musicians, sports stars etc, that try to get me to- Bob Geldof, I'm looking at you, could dwarf the amounts average paid people donate.
 
Half the time, I buy Freddos with whatever remains of my change. The other half goes to the charity box (on that note, are there any charities that should be avoided like the plague?), or to some homeless person I happened to see. Or maybe a combination of all of the above, if the homeless person likes Freddos. You'd be surprised how often that isn't the case, though. :c
 
I give to Child's Play each year, donate lightly used clothing for the homeless, and purchase a few meal boxes from grocery stores each holiday season that is handed out to the needy by a local church.
 
Yes.

WhatRobEats said:
I give my time to the soup kitchen at my dad's church a few times a year. Also give clothes/furniture to the goodwill once a year.

I don't do monetary donations though. I feel like you never know how much of that money is going to make it to the cause. For me, when I donate time or goods I know how that is being used.
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There are disclosures for that, though volunteering time is certainly worthwhile.
 
I donate to Wikipedia a couple times, and I give blood (whole and red cell depending on what they need) pretty regularly to Red Cross. sometimes I might drop some lose change at the supermarket collection things too but that's about all.
 
I give what I can. I mostly try to give directly to the homeless (ie. $5 for some food whatever) or people in need (occasionally go help and the food bank or shelter). I'll be the first to admit I don't find the time often enough to go and help, but I certainly always am bringing food to the food bank, clothes to the Salvation Army, etc. Whatever little bit I can do to help.

I suppose there could be ways of giving that would involve me getting a better write off at the end of the year, but I'm not sure I make enough for that to really matter.
 
I do a ton of volunteer work around the city with kids and homeless people and every year i do donate toys/games to this local children's hospital and food whenever i can but i haven't put in enough research to any certain charity to donate to.

The 2 big things i would love to support is colon cancer and breast cancer but apparently you shouldn't donate to that one breast cancer lady because such a small % actually goes towards helping and research? If i was to donate i want 100% of the proceeds to go directly into helping and research.
 
Yep, I give $300-$500 in donations per year. Just this week the local Police called up asking for donations, I gave $100 to support govt. lobbying to increase service men and women pay grades/recruitment drive. I also donate blood twice a year.
 
Yup, all the time, although perhaps I should think harder about where the money goes.
 
1% of salary to the Catholic Church, and about 10 bucks a month to a retirement home, another ten to an adoption center and another 10 to a bank of the poor thing that gives small loans to poor people so they can do their projects.

Also, tons of Humble Bundles, but I don't really consider those donations, since I get much more value than what I pay for.
 
Yup, I donate to Sustrans each month.

It's a non-profit organisation rather than a registered charity, but I also donate to Reporters Without Borders.
 
If I did I probably wouldn't even talk about it. I also make sure that there aren't any incentive to donation, and if there is I decline whatever it is in return.
 
No, because I don't really make enough money to, but I also don't really trust charities - it takes a little too much work to sort through the good and bad players.

hoggert said:
I donate to the Salvation Army and Goodwill.
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This is what I'm talking about. Goodwill straight up isn't a charity, and the Salvation Army is anti-homosexual.
 
I donate to Planned Parenthood. One nice thing that they do is let you allocate your donation how you choose between national political activity and the health centers.
 
I used to donate a portion of my check to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital but then they started asking for more and more money. That didn't sit right with me so I stopped and now nobody's happy.
 
For christmas I'm just telling my immediate family to pick non-profits and I'll donate in their name. $20 each, $100 total. Gift buying sucks, this is betta.

Personally, I usually donate to animal based charities and wikipedia. About a week ago though I rage donated $20 to planned parenthood just because a friend of mine pissed me off with a flimsy pro-life argument. Obviously I didn't actually tell her... lol.
 
Doctoglethorpe said:
For christmas I'm just telling my immediate family to pick non-profits and I'll donate in their name. $20 each, $100 total. Gift buying sucks, this is betta.

Personally, I usually donate to animal based charities and wikipedia. About a week ago though I rage donated $20 to planned parenthood just because a friend of mine pissed me off with a flimsy pro-life argument. Obviously I didn't actually tell her... lol.
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I think that's nice you wanted to be charitable for holiday gifting, but I wonder if you irked anyone by forgoing their gifts. I'm sure they'd rather you have said that you didn't want gifts and instead wanted donations made in your name.
 
I donate my time to help people out through organizations and the like. I have given money, but I prefer to actually get involved doing something.
 
I will donate physical goods for things like food and toy drives, and back when I was in Victoria I did buy full turkey dinners from Thrifty Foods that were then given to families in need.

I don't just hand out sums of cash, though, as much as my alumni would like to convince me otherwise.
 
We fundraise and donate to the National MS society, as wife has it and my daughter has a decent chance of getting MS.
 
The super market I shop at usually gives you the option to donate to a charity. I throw them $3 per visit. A co-worker who volunteers at an animal shelter noticed that I buy from Amazon all the time, so they showed me smile.amazon.com, where you choose who to donate to whenever you order. And whenever there's some kind of disaster relief thing I give them $20.
 
Instead of getting gifts for my grandmother I give donations in her name. She lives in a small place now and doesn't really need anything. I also donate a small amount to a few charities I like.

I try to give to good charities that are trying to solve problems and not just throw money at them. For example there are or use to be charities that sent old bikes donated in the US to Africa. The issue is most would breakdown and no parts existed to fix them. There is a charity called World Bicycle Relief that started a factory in Kenya to assemble a bike designed for how they are used there. They then train mechanics in areas they donate bikes to and make parts available. It's a program that creates opportunities for a variety of people and is sustainable.

I also volunteer at the local hospital and give useful stuff to Goodwill.
 
Yeah. Clothes or shoes I don't like after wearing them once or twice. Old working electronics and appliances I replaced or don't need anymore. I clean and service them before donating. Any household goods like towels, furniture, paintings, knick knacks I don't want anymore. The rest like broken electronics or old car parts are scrapped which sometimes counts as a donation. Also a few bucks here and there when shopping. I guess some of the kick-starter stuff for educational or humanitarian stuff might count.
 
Only to charities I have researched. People always look at me weird when I turn down a chance to donate to a charity, but honestly if I don't know what they do with my money I will not donate. A lot of these "charities" pocket all or most of the proceeds.
 
Feed My Starving Children
The Water Project
MD Anderson Cancer Center
City of Hope Cancer Center

And I will likely donate to St. Jude's Children's Hospital this year too.
 
Only charities that re-invest the majority of their proceeds into actual relief or research.

I can't stand the charities that have excessive overhead / administration costs to the point of inefficiency, or the charities that spend a significant chunk of revenue towards "awareness" campaigns.

Screw those pink ribbons and $400,000 executive salaries...I want my money to actually help people.
 
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