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The point still stands. Before giving money to anyone you should do a little research into them and their financials and see what appeals to you.

For instance, leaving aside that Highlander was wrong about what the Salvation army pays their staff...is paying a high salary to a non-profit CEO a bad thing? What if they're really good at raising money? Or run a super-efficient organization? I don't think it's necessarily fair to expect anyone who works for a non-profit to not care about their own salary because that way you'll lose a lot of really talented people to the private sector.

If the only people who are there are there irrespective of money you'll probably get a lot of religious people. Religious charities aren't necessarily bad but, as Bender points out, they bring a host of other issues to the table.

So be smart with your money folks. If you're looking for a secular organization with solid financials helping in the fight against poverty the folks I like to give to are at the Daily Bread Food Bank(87% of their expenses are their charitable programs).
 
Nik is right of course, the main thing is that we do give as much as we can afford to and be thankful we are in the position to do so.
 

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