some of international orgs we give to are Drs. without borders, Heifer, FINCA, UNICEF

some of the local orgs we give to Bread for the City (a great organization), Capital Area Food Bank, Bethesda Cares (found out about them actually from reading articles in Street Sense-- which we also give to)

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Anonymous wrote:We give about $500 per year. Capitol Area Food Bank, Planned Parenthood, and CARE, sometimes also Heifer International.

We also donate $500-1000 in goods to Value Village or specific families in need in our area (house fire, death in the family, early/ill babies, etc.).

We know that we don't give as much money as some others are able to, and we also donate many hours to various local efforts.

I always wonder why people donate to Value Village. They are for-profit, aren't they?

It keeps things out of the dump. However, if they gave it to Goodwill, they may have a tax deduction.

Value Village is a non-profit, you get a tax deduction from donating to them. And they're not anti-gay.

Not sure why you say that they are not anti-gay. Did someone suggest they were? They are for-profit. You get a deduction because they have non-profit partners that accept your donation. Value Village then pays the non-profit for the goods at a fraction of what they can sell them for. With Goodwill you cut out the middle man and no-one is making a profit from your donation.

Just to clarify, Salvation Army is anti gay, Goodwill is not.

Salvation Army is a church. Their views are no different than the majority of religious organizations. Not saying it is right but I'm not convinced that "anti-gay" is accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:We give about $500 per year. Capitol Area Food Bank, Planned Parenthood, and CARE, sometimes also Heifer International.

We also donate $500-1000 in goods to Value Village or specific families in need in our area (house fire, death in the family, early/ill babies, etc.).

We know that we don't give as much money as some others are able to, and we also donate many hours to various local efforts.

I always wonder why people donate to Value Village. They are for-profit, aren't they?

It keeps things out of the dump. However, if they gave it to Goodwill, they may have a tax deduction.

Value Village is a non-profit, you get a tax deduction from donating to them. And they're not anti-gay.

Not sure why you say that they are not anti-gay. Did someone suggest they were? They are for-profit. You get a deduction because they have non-profit partners that accept your donation. Value Village then pays the non-profit for the goods at a fraction of what they can sell them for. With Goodwill you cut out the middle man and no-one is making a profit from your donation.

Just to clarify, Salvation Army is anti gay, Goodwill is not.

Planned Parenthood. I donate when I feel angry about politics.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't donate to causes through the internet. A few years ago I would sponsor my friend's runs whatever but not anymore due to endless charity calls. I only donate to the Catholic Church.

The richest organization in the world still has the balls to ask for money?

You majorly underestimate the amount of money it takes to safely shuffle pedophiles around.

Yes they've had their scandals and corruption but they are successful for a reason. They NEVER harass me at home.

Maybe not the clergy, but I can certainly count on my Catholic relatives to harass me plenty.

In any case, I'll take some pestering over child raping any day.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't donate to causes through the internet. A few years ago I would sponsor my friend's runs whatever but not anymore due to endless charity calls. I only donate to the Catholic Church.

The richest organization in the world still has the balls to ask for money?

You majorly underestimate the amount of money it takes to safely shuffle pedophiles around.

Yes they've had their scandals and corruption but they are successful for a reason. They NEVER harass me at home.

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Anonymous wrote:We give about $500 per year. Capitol Area Food Bank, Planned Parenthood, and CARE, sometimes also Heifer International.

We also donate $500-1000 in goods to Value Village or specific families in need in our area (house fire, death in the family, early/ill babies, etc.).

We know that we don't give as much money as some others are able to, and we also donate many hours to various local efforts.

I always wonder why people donate to Value Village. They are for-profit, aren't they?

It keeps things out of the dump. However, if they gave it to Goodwill, they may have a tax deduction.

Value Village is a non-profit, you get a tax deduction from donating to them. And they're not anti-gay.

Not sure why you say that they are not anti-gay. Did someone suggest they were? They are for-profit. You get a deduction because they have non-profit partners that accept your donation. Value Village then pays the non-profit for the goods at a fraction of what they can sell them for. With Goodwill you cut out the middle man and no-one is making a profit from your donation.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't donate to causes through the internet. A few years ago I would sponsor my friend's runs whatever but not anymore due to endless charity calls. I only donate to the Catholic Church.

The richest organization in the world still has the balls to ask for money?

You majorly underestimate the amount of money it takes to safely shuffle pedophiles around.

Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't donate to causes through the internet. A few years ago I would sponsor my friend's runs whatever but not anymore due to endless charity calls. I only donate to the Catholic Church.

The richest organization in the world still has the balls to ask for money?

Alma Mater - $500-1000
WAMU -$365
Community radio in my home town - $100-200
Junior Achievement - $250
United Way - $15 per paycheck, women's and LGBT charities picked annually.
Co-workers and their childrens various causes - $25-50 each, depending on how many ask me.

Probably adds up to $2500-4000 of our $250k HHI. Haven't had many co-worker requests this year so we might add the DC Abortion Fund and N St. Village.

We could give more and haven't mostly out of laziness and not researching more.

Also, I don't donate to causes through the internet. A few years ago I would sponsor my friend's runs whatever but not anymore due to endless charity calls. I only donate to the Catholic Church.

A lot of charities that sound great actually spend most of their money on fundraising or admin/exec. salaries. A lot of the firemen and police charities that call your house asking for money are huge culprits. Something like 3% of your donation actually goes to the cause and the other is spent on the telemarketing firms soliciting the donations and overhead.

A good website is charitynavigator.org and charitywatch - they will rate charities and also provide information about how much of the money is going to the actual cause (program expenses).

We give to Cystic Fibrosis, OAR (Organization for Autism Research) and Child Life.

Child Life Specialists are people in children's hospitals who talk to the kids, bring them games, crayons, toys, etc. to play with while they are in the hospital. We've had a lot of firsthand experience with the specialists at Georgetown, Children's downtown, and CHOP. They have all been amazing and they always seem to be able to find the right toy to distract our child.

If you call the hospital and ask to speak to a child life specialist, they will have a wish list of toys, games, video games, etc. that they need at any given time. You can buy online from amazon and have shipped directly to whatever hospital you want, or you can give money as well. I always feel good about giving to them b/cs I know what a difference it made for us when we were there and I also know that there is no overhead taken out of the toys that we give them.

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Anonymous wrote:We give about $500 per year. Capitol Area Food Bank, Planned Parenthood, and CARE, sometimes also Heifer International.

We also donate $500-1000 in goods to Value Village or specific families in need in our area (house fire, death in the family, early/ill babies, etc.).

We know that we don't give as much money as some others are able to, and we also donate many hours to various local efforts.

I always wonder why people donate to Value Village. They are for-profit, aren't they?

It keeps things out of the dump. However, if they gave it to Goodwill, they may have a tax deduction.

Value Village is a non-profit, you get a tax deduction from donating to them. And they're not anti-gay.

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Anonymous wrote:We give about $500 per year. Capitol Area Food Bank, Planned Parenthood, and CARE, sometimes also Heifer International.

We also donate $500-1000 in goods to Value Village or specific families in need in our area (house fire, death in the family, early/ill babies, etc.).

We know that we don't give as much money as some others are able to, and we also donate many hours to various local efforts.

I always wonder why people donate to Value Village. They are for-profit, aren't they?

No, they're a non-profit! The National Children's Center (NCC) is the beneficiary and they provide programming for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

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