# What charities/nonprofit organizations do you donate money towards?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 9, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843 "2005-01-09T04:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843/21 "2005-01-11T23:44:02Z")

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NPR

AustinYellowBike

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Oxfam

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**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843/22 "2005-01-12T00:00:15Z")

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At various times…

Girl Scouts  
Sierra Club  
ACLU  
Planned Parenthood

I tend to donate time and effort, rather than money, to “help the poor” or “cure this illness” type charities.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843/23 "2005-01-12T00:08:04Z")

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University of Wisconsin  
ProjectGrad LA  
Red Cross  
Operation Iraqi Children (this last year)

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843/24 "2005-01-12T00:26:39Z")

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Doctors Without Borders

[iAbolish.org](http://iAbolish.org) (anti-slavery)

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**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843/25 "2005-01-12T02:22:50Z")

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[ul][li]Local food bank[/li][li]My Church[/li][li]Goodwill[/li]Public Radio[/ul]

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**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charities-nonprofit-organizations-do-you-donate-money-towards/283843/26 "2005-01-12T02:35:48Z")

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I donated a fair bit to the Chinese Alligator Fund, to help prevent the extinction of _Alligator sinensis_. That was back when I could afford to drop large amounts on charity. I feel pretty good about it, my donation actually made a real difference.

I donated $200 to the democratic campaign. I feel less good about that donation, and can certainly afford it less.

And it violated my rule of not giving money to organizations for humans.

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