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[quote=Anonymous]Some are scams.  taking donations to pay themselves without paying taxes, coming up with scam ideas etc.

Some are legit and add tremendous value to society. Primarily the big ones like Red Cross.

The vast majority of them are not “scams” in the legal sense but are an outrageously inefficient use of resources. It would be far better for all the money of, say, poverty orgs in your town to pool cash and let the Red Cross or similar handle it. But no, every bored housewife or college applicant thinks they can do it better.

I immigrated to the us from a more socialist country and a few years after moving here had an aha moment that Americans are fundamentally suspect of govt and would rather give their money to private charity. Where I’m from it’s the opposite, citizens are fundamentally suspect of private charity and trust that the govt is best placed to provide the social safety net. I trust that the govt is not only best placed to pool and spend resources efficiently, but I also trust the govt to decide best priorities for charity. In the us, everyone and their uncle thinks that their pet project, or their view of solving a social ill, is better than everyone else’s. Where I’m from, charitable giving is just not that big of a thing, minus the big ones (Red Cross, medicine sans frontiers etc). [/quote]

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