Request suggestions for charitable giving

As I approach the end of the year I find that I have all my planned charitable giving fulfilled and still have some funds budgeted but not allocated. So, Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m asking for suggestions for worthy organizations I can give to. (Anything....not limited to animal welfare.) Please tell me a little bit about what the organization does and why you think I should support it. Also provide a link or other contact info. Thanks…..

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I am in Canada so I am not sure what the charities are called there...But I support charities that work against violence and ones for underpriveleged children.

Good luck, and bless your heart for giving

Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org

Dress for Success is one of my favorite charities.
They provide work appropriate clothing for poor women/welfare receipients going on job interviews, then a few outfits for when the job starts. It is a necessary expensive for bettering themselves and lack of funds holds them back. I give my clothes to them too.

http://www.modestneeds.org/

I like too - you can choose exactly where you want your funds to go...and you are helping someone who is just barely making it, but trying (which I like).

I give the bulk of $ to Catholic Charities/Catholic Relief.

For any fund you consider donating to, please check first their rating:

http://www.charitynavigator.org/?gcl...FRKEHgodUAIXgg

I won't give funds to poorly run charities and/or ones that pay their COO $500,000 a year. Nope, they don't need my measly contribution.

There is always Toys for Tots...

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'll research them this weekend. Habitat is already on my list.

Are there any others?

My personal pet charity (not animal pet, lol) is one I helped to found several years ago.

www.massmsf.org

Click on About Us for the details on the org. It is a 501(c)3, and donations are tax deductable.

Originally Posted by GingersMom

There is always Toys for Tots...

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I see that you have a motorcycle as your avatar. It is my understanding that the Hell's Angels are the ones that actually started TOYS FOR TOTS. So much for all those stupid fifties movies about bikers!

heifer international. you buy an animal for a family in a third world country for milk, manure etc.

The Coalition for Animal Justice is a 501 (c) (3) organization that is working for tougher animal cruelty laws. We monitor cruelty cases across the US and urge prosecutors and judges to impose the maximum sentence. We are working for a federal law that will impose a minimum 5 year prison sentence for anyone convicted of intentional cruelty to a companion animal. At present, most offenders don't get any jail time. There is much more info on our website

http://www.animal-justice.org Contact: [email protected]

We also have a charity drive called The Santa Claws Project. Donations are used to get toys, treats, comfy beds and other nice things for shelter animals. Donations for this are also tax deductible.

http://www.santaclaws.org Contact: [email protected]

The Board of Directors is made up of TCS members.

Blood water mission http://www.bloodwatermission.com/

Blood:Water Mission exists to promote clean blood and clean water efforts in Africa, tangibly reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic while addressing the underlying issues of poverty, injustice and oppression. Blood:Water Mission is building clean water wells, supporting medical facilities, and focusing on community and worldview transformation, both here in America and in Africa

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or the Philippines Red Cross...typhoon Durian left a lot of damage:

http://www.redcross.org.ph/

I'm a fan of www.childsplaycharity.org/ they provide toys for kids in hospitals. They also have amazon wish lists for everything that they need.

Thanks for asking Tim....
I gave here....

http://www.cangleska.org/

CANGLESKA
Serving the Oglala Lakota Nation

The women's shelter could really use some help.

Originally Posted by Persi

I see that you have a motorcycle as your avatar. It is my understanding that the Hell's Angels are the ones that actually started TOYS FOR TOTS. So much for all those stupid fifties movies about bikers!

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Although the Hells Angels support the organization, it was actually started by a Marine.

Q : How did this program start?
A : A Marine Corps reservist, Major Bill Hendricks, started Toys For Tots back in 1947. His wife Diane had crocheted a doll to give to an organization that donated toys to disadvantaged children during Christmas. However, there was not an organization in Los Angeles that distributed toys to disadvantaged children. Major Hendricks decided to gather all the Marines he could to help him collect and distribute toys to disadvantaged children. Toys for Tots was officially established a year later. That first year in Los Angeles , the Marines collected, and distributed about five thousand toys. Since then, we have collected and distributed more than 19 million toys to more than 9 million needy children across the nation.

More information on the program can be found at http://www.toysfortotsma.org/faq.php#q17

Wow, Lei, I don't know what's on that Cangleska website, but I got a message about "performing an illegal operation" and then it crashed Firefox, which is a first. Does it work OK for you?

That is a shame Tim...
it worked for me without a problem.
I use a Windows OS.

[email protected]

Here is a contact and a little info about them.
Would you please let her know about the issue that you had.
This could be important to their donation program.
I sent her an e-mail letting her know about your site access issue too.

"Cangleska, Inc. provides comprehensive domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy and related services to citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, living on and adjacent to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, located in southwestern south Dakota."

Cangleska, Inc. is a 1999 Innovations in American Government award winner, a program of the Ford Foundation and Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Originally Posted by crittermom

PLEASE consider donating to Saint Judes Cancer research!! It is for children who have Cancer.
http://www.stjude.org/donate



All patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay.

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I second St. Judes! I donate to them whenever I possibly can

Originally Posted by xocats

Would you please let her know about the issue that you had.
This could be important to their donation program.

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Yes, for sure. I'll check it with IE first. It might be something peculiar to my computer.