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To whom do you donate?

Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
edited June 2007 in A Moving Train
The "wealthy/charity" thread got me thinking. I was always going to donate a lot of money once I got on my feet. I am now on my feet and it is time for me to start giving more back. I currently donate somewhere around that 1%, but need to bring it toward 10%.

So to whom do you give? I tend to give one-time to things I become aware of and things that friends and families collect for (such as diseases, etc.)

So here is your chance. Tell me (and others) some causes you give money to. I am looking for ideas.
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  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Amnesty International
    Doctors Without Borders
    Unicef
    DoSomething.org (you can find all kinds of stuff here)
    Defenders of Wildlife
    Sierra Club
    Southern Center for Human Rights

    I also have did a lot of fund raising (car washes, bake sales etc.) through work for the March Of Dimes and the American Cancer Society.

    These are a few...I like to spread it out. I always see something else that sounds good. There's this other charity that helps by giving people in poorer nations loans to start their own business that I gave to last year...I can't recall the name right now but I thought it was a wonderful idea. I'll look it up.

    Edit: found it and it's a good one.

    FINCA
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  • CaterinaACaterinaA Posts: 572
    UNHCR (great great organization!!!)
    UNICEF
    FAO

    and to local institutions here in Buenos Aires, mostly related to children, the disabled and the eldest...
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    I also think that people don't like to brag about these things and bring them up all the time. People do these things because they care not because they want to look good.

    I'm not saying that's where this thread is going. I'm just speaking generally.
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    local hospital
    local children's hospital
    church
    charities for africa
    united way
    the get rob drunk fund
    the get rob laid fund
    local area conservation/maintenance funds
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    surferdude wrote:
    the get rob drunk fund
    the get rob laid fund

    i'm thinking donations to these do not have to necessarily be in monetary form? ;):D
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    catefrances wrote:
    i'm thinking donations to these do not have to necessarily be in monetary form? ;):D
    I do try to make things easy for the giving.
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  • eedheadeedhead Posts: 68
    Wino's or homeless people generally
    " I demand to have more booze "
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    mda.......and anybody else who asks.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,615
    There are rankings for charities that show what percent of donations actually go to the cause, as opposed to overhead, salaries, etc.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Time and money to:
    The SurfRiders Foundation - Lifetime Member, Huntington Beach, CA. Chapter (Come say "Hey..." if to see our crew on beach clean up).
    http://www.sbhbsurfrider.org/

    The Susan G. Komen Foundation - Breast Cancer Research (2007 marks my 6th 3-Day Walk Event. Come say, 'Hey...' at our camp at Mission Bay, San Diego this Fall).
    http://www.the3day.org/site/pp.asp?c=pmL6JnO8KzE&b=2249905

    The Avon Corporation - 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer Research (I have participated in every event... Long Beach, CA.)
    http://walk.avonfoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=losa_home_2k7

    Habitat For Humanity - Los Angeles/Orange/Riverside/San Bernardino Counties (I kick ass sweeping up shit... even though my awesome painting, tiling and woodworking skills continue to go unknown)
    http://www.habitat.org/cd/frame/frameset.aspx?url=www.restoreoc.org

    Money Only to:
    Para Los Ninos - For the Children living way below the poverty line in Los Angeles.
    http://www.paralosninos.org/

    The Cousteau Society - Who help the SurfRiders with matters concerning our oceans.
    http://www.cousteau.org/en/

    My Company's Employee Community Fund - Painless payroll deduction that supports various community services and education programs in Long Beach/Orange County.
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Cosmo wrote:
    Time and money to:
    The SurfRiders Foundation - Lifetime Member, Huntington Beach, CA. Chapter (Come say "Hey..." if to see our crew on beach clean up).
    http://www.sbhbsurfrider.org/

    The Susan G. Komen Foundation - Breast Cancer Research (2007 marks my 6th 3-Day Walk Event. Come say, 'Hey...' at our camp at Mission Bay, San Diego this Fall).
    http://www.the3day.org/site/pp.asp?c=pmL6JnO8KzE&b=2249905

    The Avon Corporation - 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer Research (I have participated in every event... Long Beach, CA.)
    http://walk.avonfoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=losa_home_2k7

    Habitat For Humanity - Los Angeles/Orange/Riverside/San Bernardino Counties (I kick ass sweeping up shit... even though my awesome painting, tiling and woodworking skills continue to go unknown)
    http://www.habitat.org/cd/frame/frameset.aspx?url=www.restoreoc.org
    Cosmo - Very impressive with the volunteering. I feel I'm being put to shame by some on the board on this front. I think it's giving the kick in the pants required to get my ass out there and give my time as well. Thanks and kudos to you and all those donating their time especially.
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    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    surferdude wrote:
    Cosmo - Very impressive with the volunteering. I feel I'm being put to shame by some on the board on this front. I think it's giving the kick in the pants required to get my ass out there and give my time as well. Thanks and kudos to you and all those donating their time especially.
    ...
    Trust me... the most fulfilling feeling you can feel is seeing the faces of someone who has been lifted from depths that you and I can probably never imagine. I mean, I have never been homeless... slept in parks or on bus stop benches... been told I have cancer. Seeing the faces of the family moving into their first home... a stranger facing cancer, but posesses the strength to walk 60 miles... it's really amazing.
    And the whole beach thing... the ocean has provided me with a lifetime of memories. I just want the next generation and the ones after them to get a little of what I have gotten.
    And yeah... you get a little sore schleping luggage and setting up hundreds of tents for people with blisters on their feet... or picking up trash and paper cups from the sand... but, it's well worth it. I still wish they'd let me paint the walls or do some of the carpentery work... but still, someone needs to sweep up and empty the trash cans, right?
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Kiva I've given quite a bit to this group this year. Through their site you can lend money to individuals in developing nations so that they can start or expand businesses. When the loans are paid back, you can re-lend the money to someone else, so it is literally a gift that keeps on giving.

    In addition to local charities (primarily a hunger center and the rape crisis center), these are some of my other favorites:

    The Innocence Project

    The Elephant Sanctuary

    Doctors Without Borders

    Save Darfur
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    catefrances wrote:
    i'm thinking donations to these do not have to necessarily be in monetary form? ;):D

    I take a variety of donations at my office....

    ....Cate....can I call you Cate? ;):D
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Cosmo wrote:
    Time and money to:
    The SurfRiders Foundation - Lifetime Member, Huntington Beach, CA. Chapter (Come say "Hey..." if to see our crew on beach clean up).
    http://www.sbhbsurfrider.org/

    Props to Huntington Beach bro..
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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    (\__/)
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  • HartydogHartydog Posts: 2,060
    Habitat for Humanity
    Greater Boston Foodbank
    Harvest for America
    National Cancer Society
    Dana Farber Cancer Institute
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  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I donate locally. I volunteer my accounting services at our local animal shelter and monetarily as well. I used to donate to other national charities but got so many "begging" telephone calls that I finally quit. We even quit answering our phone for a few years-just let the answering machine pick up. :D
    http://www.whatcomhumane.org/php/index.php
    I do donate to other causes as well, but mostly animal and environmental related. :)
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,749
    http://www.misericordia.com/

    and thats it....

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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    Habitat
    UFPJ
    Amnesty
    Literacy Volunteers
    C.A.S.A.
    America's Harvest Foodbank

    I have $$ taken from my paycheck all year for eash of these.

    I subscribe to NPR via my local station and also Channel 13.

    I'm saving up to send $$ to Operation Smile on behalf of my two healthy, perfect sons. It costs $240 to pay for one child's operation to repair a cleft palate/lip. That's my goal.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    I donate to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Amnesty International, and the Surf Rider Foundation. I also volunteer at the Miele Foundation and Gamblers Anonymous. My volunteer work with Gamblers Anonymous mainly consists of speaking engagements and taking calls on our 1 800 number. At the Miele Foundation I mentor under-privileged kids.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Cosmo wrote:
    Time and money to:
    The SurfRiders Foundation - Lifetime Member, Huntington Beach, CA. Chapter (Come say "Hey..." if to see our crew on beach clean up).
    http://www.sbhbsurfrider.org/



    SurfRider Jersey Shore Chapter member Bradley Beach, NJ
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    As Abook said, some people do not like to talk about their charities, but I'll mention one that I volunteer at that I've mentioned before.

    I volunteer 6 weekends a year (which isn't much) at a local organization which takes in donations of clothes and household goods and then distributes them to poor people. It's kind of like Goodwill. My basic job there is carrying out the heavy stuff - couches, washers, dryers, stoves, etc. and putting them in people's cars and trucks.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    know1 wrote:
    I volunteer 6 weekends a year (which isn't much)

    Don't sell yourself short any amount of time or money donated is a noble thing, wether it's 6 years, 6 months, 6 weeks, or 6 days.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Heifer International.

    Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

    Camp Twin Lakes.

    and generally I keep my eyes open for new ones, from threads like this.

    I'm going to try and do some Habitat stuff this year and I hope to go back to New Orleans with PDA to rebuild next time.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    i donate sperm to really ugly women
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Nobody.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    dunkman wrote:
    i donate sperm to really ugly women

    The noblest of all causes.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    mammasan wrote:
    The noblest of all causes.

    i tell myself that as well... helps me sleep




    i actually donate monthly to Save The Children. :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • hsewifhsewif Posts: 444
    -Great Lakes Lab Rescue
    -Western DuPage Special Recreation Association
    -Defeat Autism Now (D.A.N.)
    -Chicago Anti Cruelty Society
    -Jobs for Youth
    -Goodwill
    -A local Missionary Church gets my gently used household items.
    -Any kid that knocks on my door for money (the latest was a girl doing a 5K for the American Lung Association and this happens many times a year.)
    -Any food drive that comes up for school or baseball.
    -Every christmas, each classroom at school is assigned a family to help out and we are always very generous with gift cards and things they ask for (every teen gets a PJ CD :)).
    -Husband buys lots of raffle tickets at work for various charities and plays in an expensive golf outing every year for Knights of Columbus (they don't keep the money, they donate it to a different local cause every year).

    I'm sure there are more (I've donated a poster and money to Wishlist Foundation) and I have no idea what percent of our annual income these add up to.... I don't keep track of that. Never really wrote down everything we do as we don't write anything off.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,278
    I knitted a blanket for Project Linus http://www.projectlinus.org/index.shtml, and I hope to knit hats for them after I attend a knitting conference in October.

    I donate cookies I bake for Charlie's Place http://www.stmargaretsdc.org/charliesplace/

    If I accomplish a running goal I will give money to the Red Cross.
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