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Jason Zweig: Don’t Let Your Charitable Donation Go To Waste
Especially those who didn't have to think much while making the money should think about how they want to donate it. The others need a break. When my wife cuts a check for Veterans for America every month, she dies not have the time to think how it will be spent. She assumes in her mind how she thinks it will be spent. She does not call them up and ask the details.
This article is for duck, gates and buff 's charity committee - do your job properly.
There's a wide range of charities simply in how efficiently they use money (and how much lines the pockets of fundraisers), and broadly in how they approach an issue. For example, an environmental group might focus on buying land (taking it off the market, away from developers), or on education, or on legal measures, or ... You don't need to dig too deeply to get at least a general sense of what the charity is doing.
Or, you could just fixate on something because it sounds appealing. Like Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) - would you expect me not to be interested in MSF?
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This article is for duck, gates and buff 's charity committee - do your job properly.
Or, you could just fixate on something because it sounds appealing. Like Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) - would you expect me not to be interested in MSF?