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<blockquote data-quote="Xaelvaen" data-source="post: 8009335" data-attributes="member: 6681906"><p>If you feel the need to take this down Morrus, I'll understand, but I want to add this precursor that I'm actually trying to be very informative here, and not demeaning in any way. A lot of people are being misled at the moment by certain things out there.</p><p></p><p>Make sure you know the charity you are supporting when buying/donating. A lot of 'Support BLM' donations are going directly to political charities, and there's not a lot of transparancy. Specifically, the #BlackLivesMatter donations go to ActBlue, which is a payment processor. Black Lives Matter, Inc is a corporation, not a charity, so they are not held accountable for the money donated to them - they are in no way required to PROVE where this money goes, because ActBlue is only required to prove the money went to the corporation, and the corporation isn't required to show you anything. You can prove this factually by clicking the donate button on their very own website. Bullet 2 of the donation requirements shows you ActBlue's 501(c)3 information, and since there is no BLM 501(c)3 information, this confirms that only ActBlue is held accountable. Now, if you have no problem that your money intended to help this movement is just going to politics, or likely even held to no accountable standards, that's cool - I'm not saying this is a GOOD or BAD thing. I want to clearly state I'm not inflicting my will here.</p><p></p><p>Myself, I believe there are better charities to help the problem - Equality Justice programs, and charities that specifically are targeting the minority communities and seeking that actual resolutions be taken, not just politics as usual in our country (the U.S.). There are even some global justice charities out there. Make sure the charities you're choosing to support will actually help the cause you're wanting to help, and not just be more political fundraising (if that's what you're seeking to do) and that these charities are transparent. Also check the overhead of these charities, and see the percentage of the funds actually being delivered to the target audiences. You don't want to give money to a charity that only has a 50% efficiency rate, for example. If you don't mind that your money for this cause is just going to a political machine, or half the money (or more) is being spent on overhead, more power to you.</p><p></p><p>Again Morrus, if this is just against what you want to see on your site at all, I understand if you want to take it down, but I feel I didn't cross any lines here, and wanted to make sure people KNEW who they were donating to when they were looking at these deals. I've found myself donating a lot lately, and making sure every dollar gets to the people who need it is a lot of effort - trying to help in every small way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xaelvaen, post: 8009335, member: 6681906"] If you feel the need to take this down Morrus, I'll understand, but I want to add this precursor that I'm actually trying to be very informative here, and not demeaning in any way. A lot of people are being misled at the moment by certain things out there. Make sure you know the charity you are supporting when buying/donating. A lot of 'Support BLM' donations are going directly to political charities, and there's not a lot of transparancy. Specifically, the #BlackLivesMatter donations go to ActBlue, which is a payment processor. Black Lives Matter, Inc is a corporation, not a charity, so they are not held accountable for the money donated to them - they are in no way required to PROVE where this money goes, because ActBlue is only required to prove the money went to the corporation, and the corporation isn't required to show you anything. You can prove this factually by clicking the donate button on their very own website. Bullet 2 of the donation requirements shows you ActBlue's 501(c)3 information, and since there is no BLM 501(c)3 information, this confirms that only ActBlue is held accountable. Now, if you have no problem that your money intended to help this movement is just going to politics, or likely even held to no accountable standards, that's cool - I'm not saying this is a GOOD or BAD thing. I want to clearly state I'm not inflicting my will here. Myself, I believe there are better charities to help the problem - Equality Justice programs, and charities that specifically are targeting the minority communities and seeking that actual resolutions be taken, not just politics as usual in our country (the U.S.). There are even some global justice charities out there. Make sure the charities you're choosing to support will actually help the cause you're wanting to help, and not just be more political fundraising (if that's what you're seeking to do) and that these charities are transparent. Also check the overhead of these charities, and see the percentage of the funds actually being delivered to the target audiences. You don't want to give money to a charity that only has a 50% efficiency rate, for example. If you don't mind that your money for this cause is just going to a political machine, or half the money (or more) is being spent on overhead, more power to you. Again Morrus, if this is just against what you want to see on your site at all, I understand if you want to take it down, but I feel I didn't cross any lines here, and wanted to make sure people KNEW who they were donating to when they were looking at these deals. I've found myself donating a lot lately, and making sure every dollar gets to the people who need it is a lot of effort - trying to help in every small way. [/QUOTE]
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