<p>^bovertine, I stopped giving to the vast majority of those places for two reasons. 1) Many of them have such huge solicitation costs that less than 20% of what you give actually goes to the charity itself, and 2) I feel like $5-$10 here and there is spread too thin to do more than lip service to my support for a cause. Now we confine the giving to the church and a few others with good reputations. I still get too many stickers, greeting cards, and little medallians, though.</p>