Having to filter the scams from the genuine charities may be the excuse, but I have doubts. Any metropolitan area has a number of local charities you can check out for yourself. Animal shelters would love to have potential donors swing by for a visit, as would local homeless shelters (serve some dinner while you're there). Keep it local if you wonder about the credibility of the "Penguins with Cleft Palates Foundation".
Yes, swinging by your local Boys and Girls Club takes a bit more effort, but I don't think that extra effort accounts for all of the 75%. So what does? Speaking for myself, I think a lot of times we just don't think about it. Or I see a worthy charity I like and I'll, umm, do that later (and later never comes).
Regardless, omakasecharity.org is bookmarked, and a reminder added to my phone that will go off when I'm home so I'll click the site's "buy" button.
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Having to filter the scams from the genuine charities may be the excuse, but I have doubts. Any metropolitan area has a number of local charities you can check out for yourself. Animal shelters would love to have potential donors swing by for a visit, as would local homeless shelters (serve some dinner while you're there). Keep it local if you wonder about the credibility of the "Penguins with Cleft Palates Foundation".
Yes, swinging by your local Boys and Girls Club takes a bit more effort, but I don't think that extra effort accounts for all of the 75%. So what does? Speaking for myself, I think a lot of times we just don't think about it. Or I see a worthy charity I like and I'll, umm, do that later (and later never comes).
Regardless, omakasecharity.org is bookmarked, and a reminder added to my phone that will go off when I'm home so I'll click the site's "buy" button.