What charities do you guys donate to?

[MadImmortalMan]

Yeah, I ended the title with a preposition. I should donate to the English Grammar Society. So which ones?

[CountDeMoney]

We talking charities, or paid membership support as well?

[merithyn]

The Church of Meri.

We take all donations, large or small.

When I have money to donate, I will give to:

• NPR
• Juvenile Diabetes Association
• March of Dimes

[MadImmortalMan]

We talking charities, or paid membership support as well?

Either way, if it's a charity. Not an advocacy group. I'm not joining the NRA or whatever.

[Monoriu]

The Society to Get Rid of Mono from the Workplace.  No one else. 

[mongers]

Oxfam and the Disasters Emergency Committee.

[sbr]

I haven't had enough money to give it away to anyone else for most of my adult life.  I did just chip in on the local sports talk radio telethon and made a $12 a month for 12 months donation to the Special Olympics of Oregon.

Another charity that I hope to support if I have the spare cash is the Children's Cancer Association (which appears to be a purely local outfit here); fortunately I don't have any first or second hand experience but I have heard great things about what they do.

[CountDeMoney]

Either way, if it's a charity. Not an advocacy group.

  Never mind then.  Mine are all advocacy  , except for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

[sbr]

Yeah, I ended the title with a preposition.

My ex's mom, who was one of my favorite people ever, was a bit of a grammer nazi.  The running joke in the family was anytime you ended a sentence in a preposition you threw a 'bitch' in at the end to make it right.

What charities do you guys donate to, bitches?

[Tonitrus]

Either way, if it's a charity. Not an advocacy group.

  Never mind then.  Mine are all advocacy  , except for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

That's why one should give to the SPCA and not the ALF. 

[CountDeMoney]

That's why one should give to the SPCA and not the ALF. 

ASPCA is advocacy.  So is the WWF and the HSUS, as well as NARAL of America, Planned Parenthood Political Action Fund and the ACLU, all of which I am a revolving monthly contributor.
I buy cleaning supplies and animal toys for the local shelter I volunteer at, though.  They need paper towels and detergent as much as they need the cash and elbow grease.

[derspiess]

The Human Fund

[Tonitrus]

That's why one should give to the SPCA and not the ALF. 

ASPCA is advocacy.  So is the WWF and the HSUS, as well as NARAL of America, Planned Parenthood Political Action Fund and the ACLU, all of which I am a revolving monthly contributor.
I buy cleaning supplies and animal toys for the local shelter I volunteer at, though.  They need paper towels and detergent as much as they need the cash and elbow grease.

I would give ASPCA a pass on the advocacy angle this case, though, as they operate plenty of shelters.  But for that purpose, donating directly to the local chapter is probably better than to the national organization.

[CountDeMoney]

I would give ASPCA a pass on the advocacy angle this case, though, as they operate plenty of shelters.  But for that purpose, donating directly to the local chapter is probably better than to the national organization.

Yeah, their national rescue operations use the cash, but damn, both the ASPCA and the HSUS have a tremendous amount of overhead, the HSUS in particular...and they don't donate to local shelters nearly as much as they should.  I give them token contributions to keep my membership alive, but I give more to the Maryland SPCA and the local county shelter.  Those places run on such a razor thin margin, it's sad. 

If anybody asks me, I always recommend giving locally as opposed to those national operations.  They need it more.

[sbr]

I would give ASPCA a pass on the advocacy angle this case, though, as they operate plenty of shelters.  But for that purpose, donating directly to the local chapter is probably better than to the national organization.

Yeah, their national rescue operations use the cash, but damn, both the ASPCA and the HSUS have a tremendous amount of overhead, the HSUS in particular...and they don't donate to local shelters nearly as much as they should.  I give them token contributions to keep my membership alive, but I give more to the Maryland SPCA and the local county shelter.  Those places run on such a razor thin margin, it's sad. 

If anybody asks me, I always recommend giving locally as opposed to those national operations.  They need it more.

Definitely.  Not only do the local chapters need the money more, but they are more efficient with the money and the money stays local and helps people/critters where you are.