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Article rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Ioannis Mitrou
The internet can be a very powerful tool for helping charities to raise
donations to help children who are impoverished. The problem is that
there are many, many charities out there looking to take advantage of a
person's good will. There are good charities out there; you just may
have to do a little research to find them. Several websites are available
to help weed out the scammers. There are also some guidelines to
follow when deciding which charity for children you want to give a donation
to.
As a rule, only give donations to charities that you are familiar with.
If the charity that you are looking at is unfamiliar to you, check
them out with your state or local government offices. The Better Business
Bureau has a division called the Wise Giving Alliance that offers a
wealth of information about many charities nationwide. You should be leery
of anyone who e-mails you asking for a donation. If you have not asked
for a solicitation, there is a good chance it is fraudulent. Many
fraudulent charities will use a name that is so close to a legitimate
charity's name that most people will not notice it. Explore the financial
records of any charity that asks you to donate. Look to see where the
money really goes and what percentage of every dollar you donate goes to
the expenses other than the children themselves. One of the worst times
for charity scams is following a tragedy or natural disaster. Beware of
solicitations during this time. You should
give, because these are the
times the donations are needed most; however, you need to be extra
careful about where your money is going.
The internet has many good qualities and can be very useful when
soliciting donations that are meant to help children. When used responsibly,
large amounts of money can be raised. The internet can also be very
useful to those looking to make a donation. There are studies that show,
however, that most people do not use the internet to its fullest when
researching the charities. Most people who give $10 here and $20 there
give solely based on their recognition of a name and what group they
think that charity represents. It is not until donations reach higher
dollar figures that people really start to question where their money is
going. The majority of donors do not look at dollars spent and where they
go; they are, subconsciously, interested only in the emotional pats on
the back they can give themselves at the end of the year for any
donation made to charities that help children.
The solution to this passivity is for the groups watching over the
charities to make themselves more visible to the donors. They need to
concentrate on holidays and other times when giving is most prominent and
find a way to let people know they exist. They need to find a way to
stress the importance of researching charities via the internet before
making donations to charities that help children or other impoverished
groups.
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