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What are the best charities to support? Whether you spend your time working for a charity, or make a charitable donation in the form of money or property, you are going to want to know that your donations and/or efforts support a good cause. Also, you are going to want to know that the cause you are supporting is actually getting effective help from the charity of your choice. The scary thing is, some charities, even legitimate ones, are not very effective at supporting their cause. The funds that get raised by the charity may go to administration and promotion of the charity, so much so that virtually none of the money given to them actually helps those in need. You may donate to a legitimate charity only to effectively help that charity self-promote. In essence, you are donating to advertising.

Best Charities To Make Donations To

The best charities to make donations to actually succeed in helping their cause. And, their cause should be something that you have a personal attachment to. While it is fine to support an AIDS charity, even if no one in your life has ever had AIDS, you are going to feel more satisfied by donating to a charity that pulls more at your heart strings. We are of course not knocking AIDS charities. AIDS is a great type of charity to donate to. But, people all over the world need help for various reasons, and you won't be able to help them all! Whoever you donate to is in need, so pick someone in need that you have some kind of attachment to.

Best Types of Charity To Donate To

The best types of charities to donate to help the greatest amount of people, and try to combat some of the largest problems in humanity. AIDS, cancer, children, poverty, and starvation are all some of the best types of charities to make donations to. Of course, you have to be careful because these are some very broad topics. Some cancer charities are for cancer survivors. Some are for family members of those who have died of cancer. If that is what you wish to support, that's great, because these people need help too. But maybe you want to support a cure for cancer. If you donate to the wrong cancer charity, you will not be supporting a cure.

What makes the best charities the best?

Subjectively, the best charities are the ones that hit home for you. Whether you want to support AIDS survivors, AIDS research, poor children, blind people, animals, orphans, or some rare disease, it is what means the most to you that matters most. Objectively, however, there are some guidelines. Some of the best charities are the ones that are able to take the greatest percentage of their funds and hand it over to their cause in whatever form they do. The bar is set about about 75%, so for every 100 dollars that goes into a charity, the best ones are able to hand 75 dollars to the cause.

Best Charities, Our List

Our list of some of the best charities across categories
• ACLU Foundation (civil liberties)
• Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (poor children and seniors around the world)
• Action on Smoking and Health (consumer protection)
• Partnership for a Drug Free America
• SADD - Students Against Destructive Decisions
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• The Y (formerly YMCA)
• Action Against Hunger - USA