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I wonder where all the money will go to, and whether a developed country like Japan really need help to handle the disaster in this situation, given their histo
by light3 16y ago
I wonder where all the money will go to, and whether a developed country like Japan really need help to handle the disaster in this situation, given their history with such events.
Its really hard to find where the money will go to, the swipegood site doesn't even link to world vision, I had to get there through google. The world vision site says:
"Your gift will help us rush emergency supplies like life-saving food, clean water, medical supplies, and shelter to survivors."
Your gift will help World Vision respond to this and other disasters around the world including:
A devastating drought and food crisis is threatening more than 7 million lives in the Horn of Africa. Increasing numbers of children are severely malnourished and at risk of disease in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
Millions of displaced children and families are struggling to survive in Sudan after decades of civil unrest. The recent Referendum has brought hope for peace, but malnutrition, disease, and poverty remain at critical levels.
Heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding in Sri Lanka, displacing more than 200,000 people from their homes and impacting 1.2 million.
World Vision is continuing to support earthquake survivors in Haiti, rebuilding their communities and meeting essential needs for food, clean water, and healthcare.
World Vision urgently needs your support to help children and families suffering from these and other disasters around the world.
So by donating here you're implicitly donating to other disasters too.
- niels_olson 16y ago> So by donating here you're implicitly donating to other disasters too Which I'm sure you'll agree would be a good thing
- ronnier 16y agoI know somebody who works with retirement plans for charity organizations. I was shocked after seeing the salaries and pension plans of the people in some of these organizations. They are only required to donate a very small percentage of the money collected.
- cheez 16y agoI've been saying this for years.
- lubos 16y agothey are required to donate 5% of their equity each year to retain their tax exempt status with IRS. most charities do it this way including the biggest one - bill and melinda gates foundation.
- edge17 16y agobill and melinda aren't asking me for money though
- lubos 16y agothe point is that charities are run for the benefit of people who control them.
- mistermann 16y agoI tend to agree...but would you apply that statement to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation as well?
- lubos 16y agoit's important to say that Bill Gates doesn't give charity his own taxed income... by moving his equity into his foundation, he is essentially avoiding capital gains tax and dividend tax. I'm not saying that taxes are good but we all have to pay them. super-rich have all these smart schemes to pay in taxes as little as possible. As long as Bill Gates foundation spends 5% of his equity on charity annually, you can't call him philanthropist since 5% rate is exactly what IRS requires charities to do as long as they want to keep their tax exempt status. When Bill Gates starts giving to charity more than he is legally required, then I'll change my opinion.