Can a religious charity lend money to its congregations and charge interest on this loan? If so would this disqualify their status or require taxes paid on the profit?

I believe I should start donating a significant chunk of money to people who need it a lot worse than I do. But, I would hate the idea of giving away money to be wasted, or used to line the pockets of useless people.

Does anyone know of any good charities, or better yet, of a good method for sorting out the good charities from the bad ones?

You see it all the time and how do you know that these people are actually really helping people? Also do you think one charity should not give to another charity is it just a game of passing the buck to make it look like they are helping people when in realality they are not? What are your thoughts on this?

There’s so many flimflam charities where the executives live the highlife and still call their organizations "nonprofit", they throw fancy charity balls with fancy dinners and dancing and I think 0.1 pennies out of a dollar trickles through to the needy.

How can you tell what is what? Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Does emotions paly role in selecting your charity. if so how would you like to relate yourself to a charity?

I want to donate money to an international aid and relief charity. Are international aid and relief charities making a positive difference in the world?

I am lookig for the aricle about a charity that used the front of greeting cards. My mom and I are sure we read it in Guidepost. And we are both wantng to send the fronts of our greeting cards to the charity. Can anyone help?

Last week my colleagues and I each pitched in some money to play the lottery. we were asking each other whatwe’d do with the money if we won. I said I’d keep a fourth for myself and use the other 3/4s to start 3 charities. Although I didn’t win the lottery I kinda still want to start the 3 charities. One is a scholarship, the other is a research fund, the other is a pediatric charity. The problem is I need million to start each charity. I was going to put the money in a high yield savings account or buy bonds and whatever interest is received will be the money that goes to the cause. that way I can still give even after I’m long dead. Since no one is going to write such a huge check without proof how do you start a charity? I know there’s some registration you have to do to make it tax exemptable. what do I have to do?

I have been wanting a mohawk for a while now, and I figured, if I’m gonna get one, why not get money out of it? It would be selfish and stupid of me to keep the money, so I want to donate it to a charity.

I am HUGE about the arts of any kind. I’d like to know all the charities that I can donate the profit to.

I am going to run the Manchester Great North Run again this year, and want to raise money for a children’s charity. Preferably one that helps vulnerable children in the manchester area. However when i search online all i get is the large charity’s that want minimum donations etc. I just want to be able to raise as much as possible for a charity that hardly get any funding..

I was thinking of donating some money to the local community. What charities would help out the most. I was thinking of donating to a food bank, but do you guys have any other ideas?

I am going to have a public Speaking on "Charity". I am going to write sth about the importance of Charity. So, what is the signficance and importance of Charity in the HK society? How does it help, the development of a city?

I saw an Oprah show about how there are many people whose insurance won’t cover or pay for life-saving operations. This gave me an idea to raise money for these people. The problem is, however, I don’t know if there’s any charities I could donate to in order to do this. Does anyone know of any?

Me and my cousin wanted to start our own non-profit charity organization to help the refugees and end the genocide in Darfur. We know how to go about legally becoming a non-profit charity organization. I don’t need to know that. We plan on raising money, collecting supplies to help refugees, writing letters to the government, and informing others about what is happening. We need to know how to get the money and supplies to the people in Darfur once we have gathered them. Any other details and tips are greatly appreciated.

what charities ar near and dear to you?
whats there website?
thanks!

Like one for cancer with kids, a sub-branch of like childrens miracle network or something. And eventually become a charity of its own? Would that work? Like partnering up for a while and do funds and stuff for the bigger company until the charity can make it on its own…thanks
Sort of like, if you have facebook, you can make a ’cause’ page thing and people can donate money that goes to either you or a bigger charity that the cause is supporting, could I make something like that but official?

I’m really into charity work and I want to start a club linked to a charity. Some charities allow student involvement and encourage students to create clubs and find creative ways to raise money for the chairty (eg. Invisible Children) My school already raises money towards Invisible Children and it has been successful.

How can I do charity work overseas with a college degree or fluency in another language? It seems Peace Corps requires a college degree.
Please show me where there is the kind of poverty in the USA that exists in third world countries.

For my online shop, I would like to donate a percentage of my profits to different charities. So far I have decided on the World Wildlife Fund, and the Amreican Cancer Society. Are there any other charities that you would suggest for me to add to the list?

I’d like to start donating money to a charity that focuses on Africa or the Middle East but want to make sure that the money I donate is accounted for and goes directly to the family. My friend in Denmark contributes to a charity where the sponsor child and family writes to tell you what the money was spent on. Does something like this exist in the US, and is it credible? Thanks

I, and 47 other individuals, from many local churches are going to El Salvador to do construction and outreach with WOL missions, and with Nehiniah Network. the thing is, we need ,000 to accomplish what we need to get done there. i was curious if there were any foundations of charities that support such trip that i could contact to raise funds.. any ideas?

If I was going to have a charity drive, and all the proceeds would be devided evenly between al 50 States, what charity would be best to donate to?

My husband and I recently got new cell phones and I would like to donate our used/old cell phones to a good charity that would make use of it. I’d like one that’s both legitimate and efficient.

I’ve seen different sites for abuse victims, soldiers and seniors. I think these are all good causes, but I’m looking to get advice on *which* charities - since they each seem to have several options - are the best and most effective to donate to.

Does anyone have any advice?

I know that I can split the cost of aircraft rental, fuel costs, etc with other people i am flying. But how does flying for charity work. I don’t think I can make money by flying for charity. Is it possible for the organization to pay for all of the plane rental and fuel costs?

Also I will be getting my private pilots license soon, and do any of you know any charitable organizations that I can fly for to gain hours without spending all of my money. Specifically around southwestern Connecticut and new york city. Thanks

I would like to keep in localized to North Carolina, but any good charity would be suitable. We are a club in high school that wants to volunteer and donate to charities, but want to support the smaller ones!