The nice thing about donating to an org with a small budget (unlike, say, a presidential campaign or your alma mater) is that you feel your contribution makes a

The nice thing about donating to an org with a small budget (unlike, say, a presidential campaign or your alma mater) is that you feel your contribution makes a real difference to them. For example, for a large-but-imaginable donation of ~$2500 you can fund their entire operation for an hour — and that's assuming 2000 business hours in a year (the cost per hour is a lot less if you amortize over evenings and weekends :)).