Charitable Donations-Feel Good About Your Donation

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Charitable Donations-Feel Good About Your Donation
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• Anyone who can afford to should make charitable
  donations charitable organizations depend on
  these donations to run efficiently and further
  their cause of helping others. Though different
  charitable organizations support different
  causes, one would hope that the overarching
  objective of any charity is to make the world a
  better place and that by giving, your donation
  would contribute to it. Charitable donations are
  also helpful for the donors, in terms of tax
  deductions. There are many tax deductible
  charities that you can choose from when
  considering making a donation, but make sure that
  you check the credentials of the organization
  first.

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• Verifying the Validity of Charitable
  Organizations
• Before making a charitable donation, you should
  look into how efficient the organization is, how
  much transparency the organization maintains, and
  accreditations it has received. Its also good to
  find out
• The success rate of the research programs it
  funds
• Its past track record
• Its standard operating procedures
• How much money it contributes towards the cause,
  as
• opposed to overhead

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• You can do this a number of ways, including some
  great online resources such as www.CharityNavigato
  r.org. Evaluating the charitable organization on
  these factors will certainly help in checking its
  credibility and will also ensure that the
  charitable donation you make is used efficiently
  in furthering the cause. Charity Navigator named
  the Arthritis National Research Foundation its
  Charity to Watch, and awarded the organization
  four out of four stars this organization was
  recognized for its outstanding service record and
  dedication to research, in addition to its
  accountability and transparency to donors. Learn
  More about charitable donation.
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• Once you have verified that the charitable
  organization you want to donate to is legitimate,
  you can feel good about putting money toward a
  cause you believe in. Doing your research only
  takes a moment, and its worth it.