charities update
So I made some decisions and made some donations. I checked all the charities out on charitynavigator.org beforehand to make sure my money was going to the right places.
Here’s the breakdown of charities and portions of total money that I gave:
- Local 1/4 Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco
- National 1/4 American Red Cross
- International 1/4 to African Medical and Research Foundation; 1/4 South African Development Fund
I don’t think any of these are perfect, but they all do good work. Thanks for the suggestions earlier. In the running for next time are Catholic Charities CYO, Archdiocese of San Francisco, Compassion International, and Worldvision.
note: Those of you who know me probably realize that I’m not writing about this because I want to draw attention to myself or anything like that. I’m not (or I hope I’m not). Perhaps you will see this and think about charities if you have the means.
note 2: It’s nearing my birthday and I’m thinking it might be a good tradition to give to charities every year around this time.
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:19 am
I didn’t think you were trying to impress anyone. Getting input from others on experiences they’ve had is really useful. Plus, your post was helpful to me and Heather because it got us talking and thinking about how we want to live our lives in the future and how we want to manage our finances. Heather has been thinking a lot about how to live in the US in light of the knowledge that thousands of people are literally dying of starvation every day in other parts of the world. It’s not something we normally think about but it’s the truth. Keeping charitable gifts in mind is a way to stay connected to those who need our help and it prevents us from giving ourselves over completely to a consumerist culture.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:57 am
[…] There’s an interesting study on genetically modified mosquitos that can resist malaria. Malaria is serious business. Once you get it, you never get rid of it and if you don’t catch it early on, it can be fatal. I chose one of my charities based on the fact that they supported research into malaria in addition to HIV/ AIDs and other prominent medical problems in Africa. I’m worried about malaria every time I go to high risk areas. […]
August 19th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
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