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Good Organizations

Giving back is a great way to know your community and find new parts of yourself. While the incline to help is great, there are many things a "Giver" should take caution of when contributing to organizations.

Let's cover how we can identify and avoid untruthful organizations.

The "Red Flags" of Donating

When you find contributing to organizations/drives to be your way of "Giving" it is smart to always look into the organizations you gift with donations. One of the best ways to do this is to look into reviews and the amount of donation money that goes towards a cause. One great site for this is, GreatNonProfits.

Once you have done research you should look for the "Red Flags" of donating. These include things like:

odd payment options
scammer tactics
unlawful conduct
Lack of information on where your money goes

You should also make mental questions and look for them on the organizations website! These questions can include:

What is the mission for this charity?
What goals does this charity seek to achieve?
Where is my money going; How much is payment to members and how much goes to the cause?
Can I see some sources that would show the product of the donations made?

Finding The Mission & More

Like it is stated above, finding the mission statement and company values will greatly show you the wide difference in truthful and untruthful organizations.

Step One: Go to the organizations website!

Step Two: Find the organizations "About or About Us" section.

Step Three: select the "Mission & values/Mission Statement" option.

Step Four: Analyze the mission statement, values, etc.

Step Five: Use the search icon to find money ratio page.

The "Green Flags" of Donating

Dont worry! Not every part of Giving back is bad but its always wise to take precautions so causes can actually be helped! Luckily, There are many websites that can help you if you feel like you didnt get enough information or need some extra feedback.

These websites include:

Charity Navigator :CharityNavigator
CharityWatch:CharityWatch
Consumer Reports:ConsumerReports