bearisgray

One of my favorite questions to ask - provided I even answered the phone at all -

"How much of this goes to administrative costs?"

Surprising how many hang-ups I get after asking this.

JustAbitCrazy

Good for you! A friend told me last week she has been answering unwanted phone calls by speaking in Russian, repeatedly. The caller usually ends up saying, Ok, I'm going to take you off the call list" and hanging up.

nativetexan

every where i go people are asking me to donate to the flood victims. Not gotten any phone calls, yet.

KalamaQuilts

we give locally generously and happily.

if you really want to know how your favorite rates check them here
https://www.charitynavigator.org/

dunster

I never give to charities who call or come to my door. There are too many scammers out there. I just hang up if it's a phone call and the "no solicitors" sign at the door usually discourages the others.

NatalieF

Awesome, I love your style!

kayluvs2quilt

I ask the same question as Bearisgray.

Irishrose2

I'm with you, bear. No one can match UMCOR - United Methodist Committee on Relief. 100 % of donated money goes where it is intended.
I get a lot of 'help the veteran' mail. It's hard to ignore those because of my family members' involvement, but, again, it's the administrative costs that stop me. I only have one on active duty currently - a GS in Afghanistan.

quiltingcandy

I won't donate over the phone or door to door either. Our money goes through the church too since we are both retired. A lot of people don't want to donate to the larger names because of the administrative costs but those are professional fund raising people that go after the big corporate donors that insist on being wined and dined. And so they do have their place but they don't get my money either. (I don't have the clothes to attend their galas either - so not a big loss to me.)

Sandra in Minnesota

Actually, I like to speak German to these people. They usually give up and take my name off their list.