I support a local charity, food bank and thrift store that helps the needy and homeless in my area in association with AARP. AARP helps many seniors with benefits, jobs, schooling/training and advocate against discrimination in the work place for us older workers. Age discrimination is a very real thing in the workplace and I've suffered it myself. I like to give where I see need and can identify with the mission, rather than large "Non-profits" where very little of the donations go to the ones intended to help and the bulk to the support of the Non-profit itself and its management. They tend to rely on many volunteers and donations but the upper management make very comfortable salaries with benefit packages akin to Corporate USA! So I tend to not give to those. I respect all charity work but this is how I personally feel and what I do.