When I was in the Navy in the 80s, I was asked to contribute to the Combined Federal Campaign(CFC), which distributes monies to various benevolent organizations. One of the biggest was the United Way. When I learned what they paid their CEO, I was quite disgusted. Not sure why a charitable organization needs to pay a CEO that much(which I believe was over $300k?)?! Regardless, I withdrew from CFC, and have been very conscious of where my donations go, ever since. I agree on Salvation Army, and many of the others(children's orgs), and I also agree on the Red Cross comments. But, nonetheless, I still believe in giving.
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