A phony “charity” that has been collecting donations for Hurricane Ian victims has been exposed as a shill to raise money for Democrat politicians in Florida, according to reports.
https://slaynews.com/news/charity-giving-hurricane-ian-donations-democrat-candidates/
My bank's ATM and many of the stores I shop at have a message "Do you want to donate money for Hurricane Ian victims?" on the computer screen when I use them. I wonder how much of that actually goes for that purpose.
Which is why I haven’t given to any charity in years. I would rather donate used clothing and food items directly to a local homeless shelter. My daughter and I have helped make meals here locally and donate personal care items as well. It’s better to see the people who are directly benefitting firm ur time and donations. We’ve stopped donating to the Goodwill too since they’ve raised their prices “due to inflation”…
The best thing to do is either go to help in a crisis yourself, or find someone you know who is and offer some of your own resources to them.
Charities and non profits are basically scams at best nowadays which is sad.
...a percentage always goes to the "middleman"....
Back around 2000 or so The Red Cross of San Diego County barely distributed any of the donations for the Julien Fire victims but they did spend $600k for their Christmas party.... Oh and the fire was fount to have been set by a Firest service worker!