10 Tips for Donating to Charity

Pick What’s Important to You

When you consider where you might give your money, think about your top priorities. Are you passionate about the environment or saving a particular type of animal? Has something happened in your personal life that inspires you to donate to a particular cause, such as searching for a cancer cure or mentoring a group of at-risk youth? Also, would you rather give to a cause that has a local impact or a global one? If you’re looking for a worthy local cause, you can do searches by topic, location or both on sites such as Charity Navigator, Charity Watch and the Charities Review Council.