Dammit, I hate these choices.

[madbaker]

My company is offering to match Hurricane Katrina donations fairly generously. The catch, however, is that the matching only applies to two charities - and I have refused to donate to these two in the past, directing my money and time elsewhere. (One has had multiple criminal indictments, employee stealing, and spends a huge percentage of their donations on overhead. The other I don't like on religious and philosophical grounds.)

I feel it's important that I help in some way. We can donate to other charities as we like, but the matching will still go to one of these two. Period.

So, because I'm conflicted, a poll:
[Poll #565386]
Edited to add: The reason I'm conflicted is that I don't like the options:
1) The most bang for the buck involves donating to organizations that I don't support.
2) Donating to an organization I do support still gives money to ones that I don't.
3) Complaining to our HR (from indirect experience) doesn't accomplish anything, and gets one branded as a troublemaker.
4) Math isn't really that hard.

Comments

You are responsible for your mores and money;

[learnteach.livejournal.com]

the corporate body is responsibile for theirs. The Redemption Marines are often bad at the local level, but pretty good at specific things--but mainly, handicapped rehabilitation. And the Unknotted Measures are so umbrella...but these are not direct relief, nor rebuild, organizations. Not, in truth, good choices. But easy for an Exec to say "Give money to someone reputatble" and easy for an HR person to get documentation from, that's why the overhead is so high...