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From my own experience, many don't give because they don't want to. Oh, they will use the excuses presented here or make them up as they go. Never met more selfish people than I have in this industry, remember working my way through school at a grocery store and those people were more willing to contribute.

How I found my charity? A radio show many years ago highlighted Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. I give nearly two percent of my gross salary to these people through automatic credit card payments.

From my own experience, many don't give because they don't want to. Oh, they will use the excuses presented here or make them up as they go.

I thought the same thing when I read this post. I'm sure there are folks who don't donate because they're genuinely concerned about fraud or lack of efficiency, but my perception is that most of the people who have the means to donate but don't simply aren't interested.

Finding a great organization that is well-known and reputable is not difficult, and there's no reason that a person's generosity needs to be spread thinly across multiple organizations. Pick an organization that you like, set up an automated monthly donation via credit card (as you hinted, most organizations make this easy) and be happy. It's that simple.

From my own experience, many don't give because they don't want to.

Good point; despite many being flush with money some can be notoriously stingy. Of course, it's the stuff of proverbs that the most well-off give less freely than those with less.

It's not as clear-cut as that. Are you still selfish if you don't give to charity but you vote for higher taxes and expanded social programs?

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