It's giving season. If you're a giver, what do you look for in a charitable organization?
I'm a big fan of direct donations and transparency. Direct donation gives you more bang for your buck, but generally forgoes any tax deduction. Would you give to a charity you trusted but didn't offer a tax write off?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I’m heavily involved at my local level in the schools. I raise tens of thousands for my sons schools. Our annual color run is tomorrow, it will raise $8000.
I also fund raise and volunteer at a local women’s shelter.
Green_eyes
Level 8
Dec 5, 2018
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I trust no organisation with my money. I donate personally to those in need. I prefer to help locally.
SleeplessInTexas
Level 8
Dec 5, 2018
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Yes to your second question but it does beg the question as to why they haven't registered as a non-profit. Or do you mean direct gifts to individuals? I occasionally do that under certain circumstances. My favorite charity is kiva.org. They facilitate direct lender to lendee loans. You get to chose to whom you lend. They pay you back and then you relend the money. It's a pretty great system.
TimWhitaker
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Dec 5, 2018
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You can have a legally registered non profit that's not a 501c3, therefore donations aren't tax deductible. That's essentially what I'm referring to. I founded a 501c3 org to help the orphanage I work with in Kenya years ago, but ended up at leaving the board over transparency issues I wasn't in agreement with. I've been considering starting another org structured similarly to Kiva, but without the micro loan aspect of payback. Simple streamlined direct donation. But damn, 501c3 paperwork is a colossal bitch, and I'm wondering what impact would be lost by not going there.
I've been with Kiva since they started. Awesome organization and I love their platform of small donations collaboratively making a larger impact.
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