Re charities in general, this is my latest effort. What Gates does
with his money is his own affair but I think a distinction should be
drawn between charity and humanitarian aid.

http://www.financialreform.info/f_r_...ires_club.html



"Salvation Army under fire over tycoon's profits bonanza

"Exclusive: Directors of Kettering Textiles Limited have earned almost
10m since 2008 through deal to run recycling banks

Charities are fine, as long as you know when it is actually genuine or not. To know this is to gather information of might as well try to find the company instead. Charity has come to be an instrument of scams already, so to speak, sad but true, many have used religion too.

Many are scams. So to be saved from all of the scammers, check.. or double check the institutions that you are sending help too. There are still many who are legit, call them, visit, see them for yourself if you like. Sometimes seeing is believing too.

Yes, many of them can be fraud,but not all.Its always good to check references.If you can visit them its good.

someone i know donates to charities, in order to get rid of income tax.

interesting. how can they be able to get rid of income tax if they donate through charities? is it an option?