If you had a million dollars to donate, what charity would you donate to?

[LadyEmeraude]

...

 

[Oldguy]

Crazy Horse Memorial
Shriners Hospital for Kids
Gary Sinise Foundation
Manilow Music Project
CorgiAid
town Library
town Fire Dept

Why...why not.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

My huge donation would go to my local Animal Shelter.
Every bit of it.

 

[officerripley]

Half to my local animal shelter and half to Planned Parenthood.

 

[Messy]

The only one I can find with zero overhead is 100weeks for poor African women. I'm not gonna pay salaries for people working for some organization. If the boss earns more than 30.000 I don't give to them.

 

[Knight]

medicos sin fronteras

 

[LadyEmeraude]

medicos sin fronteras

what is this Knight?

 

[Jules]

Doctors without Borders.

 

[Time Waits 4 No Man]

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Animal shelter and Dying with Dignity (M.A.I.D.)

 

[Cornhusker]

My first thought was to give the whole thing to an animal shelter, but maybe I need to think about it for a while.

 

[Lawrence00]

My viewpoint

Organizations That Actually Improve People’s Lives

1. Mike Rowe Works Foundation
Full name: The mikeroweWORKS Foundation
Purpose: Provides scholarships for people who want to learn skilled trades such as plumbing, welding, HVAC, electrical work, and heavy equipment operation. Helps people get good jobs without taking on college debt.

2. Kiva Microfunds
Full name: Kiva Microfunds (Kiva.org)
Purpose: Lets regular people lend small amounts of money (as little as $25) to poor entrepreneurs around the world, especially women. Women in many countries cannot get bank loans, and a small loan can start a business that supports a family. Repayment rate is about 97 percent.

3. Zidisha
Full name: Zidisha Peer-to-Peer Microloans
Purpose: Similar to Kiva but even more direct. Connects lenders straight to borrowers without going through microfinance institutions. Lower fees and more transparency, so borrowers keep more of the money.

4. BRAC
Full name: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (now simply “BRAC”)
Purpose: One of the largest anti-poverty organizations in the world. Runs schools, health programs, women’s empowerment programs, and microfinance operations. Has decades of proven results lifting millions out of extreme poverty. Over 100,000 staff worldwide.

5. Women’s Microfinance Initiative
Full name: Women’s Microfinance Initiative (WMI)
Purpose: Provides small loans and business training to women in rural East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania). Focuses on women in remote villages who have no access to banks. Known for extremely high repayment rates because they combine lending with training and community support.

6. MicroLoan Foundation
Full name: MicroLoan Foundation
Purpose: Provides small loans and business coaching to women in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. A very small amount of money can help a woman start a business that supports her entire family.

7. U.S. Small Business Administration Microloan Program
Full name: Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Program
Purpose: Provides loans up to $50,000 to small businesses in the United States, especially women, low-income entrepreneurs, veterans, and minorities. Helps Americans start small businesses when banks will not lend to them.

8. PeaceJam Foundation
Full name: PeaceJam Foundation
Purpose: Connects young people with Nobel Peace Prize winners to work on community improvement projects. Gives at-risk youth positive role models and real-world leadership experience.

9. Shuttleworth Foundation
Full name: The Shuttleworth Foundation
Purpose: Funds individuals who are building tools, technologies, or ideas that help society, especially open-source and education projects. Supports innovators who do not fit into traditional funding systems.

10. Blue Planet Foundation
Full name: Blue Planet Foundation
Purpose: Works on clean-energy projects and community sustainability, mostly in Hawaii but with global impact. Focuses on energy solutions that help low-income communities reduce costs and improve resilience.

Strongest overall picks for direct impact:
Kiva Microfunds, Women’s Microfinance Initiative, BRAC.

Strongest U.S. domestic picks:
Mike Rowe Works Foundation, SBA Microloan Program.

 

[Pepper]

Great question Lady E. Themes I like are Peace Kids and Animals.
Yes. Check out executive salaries.

 

[RambleTamble]

I'd give it all to charities that help the homeless in the U.S. I haven't researched which ones are the best, so I don't know specifically which one or ones I'd give to, but that would be the cause I'd try to help.

 

[Flarbalard]

The American Cancer Society, and I'd specify it was for the Hope Lodge program. I can't tell you how much it meant to myself and my wife for those 5 weeks last year. It's an amazing thing for cancer patients and caregivers who have to travel away from home.

 

[That Lady in PA]

The same ones we do now.

 

[officerripley]

I'd give it all to charities that help the homeless in the U.S. I haven't researched which ones are the best, so I don't know specifically which one or ones I'd give to, but that would be the cause I'd try to help.

Good thinking; Habitat for Humanity's supposed to be one of the good ones, I think.

 

[Magna-Carta]

BBC Children in Need

 

[katlupe]

The rabbit rescues I follow on FB.

 

[OldOld]

I will do some research first, then donate to a reputable charity with the least administrative expense and the least marketing expense.

 

[Mizmo]

The Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program
I have donated for many years. They do wonderful work for child amputees
and their families

Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program | The War Amps

 

[Paladin1950]

PBS, so they can show a lot more British television shows.

 

[911]

I would donate the money to children’s’ organizations and hospitals.

 

[Trade]

By "donate" I'm assuming I can't keep it all for myself? OK. Under that condition charity begins at home. Grandkids, then kids (except for my younger son. He'd just piss it away with nothing to show for it) then if there is anything thing left, maybe one or two close friends that are struggling.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I mainly donate to the North Texas Food Bank, so if I had to just pick one without having time to give it more thought, it would be them. I see what they do on local news programs all the time and I know it's good.