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I'm impressed with their disaster relief work, and wouldn't hesitate to donate to a fund that fed that and that only. However, I don't know if they compartmentalize donations like that.
I'm not impressed with their anti-homosexual hiring practices and stance, and won't donate a penny to them that I feel might help promulgate that.
Sure I would, and in fact I have donated to them on many occasions. TSA may be faith-based, and while I don't personally adhere to or agree wtih theological belief system, the fact is that they help alot of people who need it. In my hometown of Austin, they also run a huge drug and alcohol rehab program, which gets alot of the homeless off the streets. And while I personally may not subscribe to their "Praise the Lord and pass the soup" style, I figure that if gettin' a little religion may actually help a lot of destitute people.
I have donated to them in the past but I won't anymore.
I would rather donate to none-faith-based organizations that do the same thing and don't require those receiving their services hear a religious sermon.
As you guys have already said; I'm not thrilled with their discriminatory practices. But I do like the idea that they are probably one of the best cahrites for using the absolute minimum of donations for administrative costs & overhead. I donante every now & then to them...
I could probably overlook their faith based approach to charity... however, I draw the line when they start playing political games with their charity (e.g. threatening to close soup kitchens in NYC if the NYC government passes laws requiring anyone doing business with the city to offer benefits to same-sex partners of employees). Will NEVER put another dollar in the salvation army bucket again.
As you guys have already said; I'm not thrilled with their discriminatory practices. But I do like the idea that they are probably one of the best cahrites for using the absolute minimum of donations for administrative costs & overhead. I donante every now & then to them...
Feeding America has a lower overhead and it seems you get more for your buck. For $1 you provide $14 worth of groceries. If you donate 5 bucks, you end up providing 20 bags of groceries.
I do not agree with any of the Salvation Army's mission statements regarding religion or scripture, but I do donate money to them because they do a lot of good for a lot of people, and as a whole are very diligent about making sure that funds go exactly where they need to go, and do not have a history of misspending (unlike many charities such as March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, etc.). But before donating money to ANY charity, I would strongly recommend doing research not only about their agenda and how it relates to those they help, and as well how and where exactly the donated funds go. There are a LOT of bad/bunk charities out there, but Salvation Army ranks very well in that regard. Here is there site if any of you want to check them out:
Again, I agree with almost none of what they preach save the fact that they are about helping people in need- but to me, that's what is important and I don't so much care that they have a (christian) agenda that I don't agree with. I know a couple people from my community that have literally turned their life around because of them and now have jobs and their own places- which is amazing if you could see where there lives were before the help and assistance of the Salvation Army.
I do not agree with any of the Salvation Army's mission statements regarding religion or scripture, but I do donate money to them because they do a lot of good for a lot of people, and as a whole are very diligent about making sure that funds go exactly where they need to go, and do not have a history of misspending (unlike many charities such as March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, etc.). But before donating money to ANY charity, I would strongly recommend doing research not only about their agenda and how it relates to those they help, and as well how and where exactly the donated funds go. There are a LOT of bad/bunk charities out there, but Salvation Army ranks very well in that regard. Here is there site if any of you want to check them out:
Again, I agree with almost none of what they preach save the fact that they are about helping people in need- but to me, that's what is important and I don't so much care that they have a (christian) agenda that I don't agree with. I know a couple people from my community that have literally turned their life around because of them and now have jobs and their own places- which is amazing if you could see where there lives were before the help and assistance of the Salvation Army.
I've done my research as well and I've heard a lot of times the goods end up going to people that work there.
I'm glad they were able to help people in your community. That's never a bad thing.
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That's never a bad thing.
