As many of you know, I give away all the proceeds from Free Money Finance to charity each year. And each year I list of many of the organizations FMF has supported the previous year. Some of these are charities I selected while others are those that received some sort of contribution award this year (such as winners of my FMF March Money Madness Tournament or The Best of Money Carnival best post and best host competitions.) Here's the list for 2011 in alphabetical order:
- Charity Water
- Habitat for Humanity
- Meijer Gardens
- Mel Trotter Ministries
- Modest Needs Foundation
- Pug Hearts of Houston
- Rocketown
- Salvation Army
- Samaritan's Purse
- Second Harvest Heartland
- Starkey Hearing Foundation
- St. Jude's Children's Hospital
The list is larger than I'd like it to be since I'm trying to focus my donations on fewer organizations. Hopefully it will be a bit smaller next year as the money given gets concentrated on fewer charities. We'll see. I have a habit of finding needy organizations. ;-)
I just want to say thank you to all the sponsors of Free Money Finance who have made this possible. It's an amazing list and I'm honored to help these charities. But most of all, a huge THANK YOU goes to you, the readers of FMF. You're the ones that make this site what it is and because you come back day after day, we're all able to help those less fortunate around the world. Thanks!
And here's to helping even more people in 2012!
Isn't giving to many charities just diversification :) Why do we give? I give to help others in need with the result being something good happens. I think I will see more good happen by spreading my giving around. Also, if a gift is misused its just a portion of my giving not the whole, just good risk management. In these tough times we all need to give and give generously as there are many in need, just look around.
Hmm... Maybe I should look into some of these charities :)
Thank you for writing FMF it challenges me.
Posted by: Gordon | January 07, 2012 at 10:21 AM
@FMF...."You're the ones THAT make this site what it is"
Please stop referring to your readers as "that". When you refer to people, you're supposed to use "who". "That" is for objects. "Who" is for people.
This is a major peeve of mine. Thanks for reading!
Posted by: mysticaltyger | January 07, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Thanks for being so generous and willing to give your profits to charity. That is so cool and inspiring, too!
Posted by: Pam | January 07, 2012 at 03:55 PM
@mysticaltyger --
As you know, language changes.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/who-versus-that.aspx
Key quote:
"American Heritage Dictionary says,
It is entirely acceptable to write either the man that wanted to talk to you, or the man who wanted to talk to you."
Posted by: FMF | January 07, 2012 at 09:56 PM
Awesome. We give to some of the charities you list as well as several others. There are so many great causes these days.
Posted by: Mary Kay | January 08, 2012 at 06:50 PM
My comment doesn't affect me personally because the only organizations that I believe in, and help to stay in existence, are NPR, AARP, and the Sierra Club, and they, at the very least, each provide an interesting magazine.
However it's always a good idea to ascertain the overhead expenses of any charitable organization before you send them a donation. I am constantly receiving letters in the mail from well known organizations that seemingly have a worthwhile cause but I can't help wondering what percentage of their donations are spent on salaries and generating millions of bulky letters containing freebies such as calendars, address labels etc. It's especially troubling when I receive 3 or 4 such mailings in a matter of weeks, every year, from a charity to which I have never responded. This tells me that it is a blanket mailing to every home in my neighborhood, and who knows wherever else.
Posted by: Old Limey | January 09, 2012 at 02:16 PM