Do you give!

[superheavyrhun]

I'm with Andre and Master on this one....do you want Oxfam to be entirely run by volunteers? If you don't put the right kind of money for the job then it is likely you'll have some buffoon in charge who will not get the same result as someone who is very good at their job. As you have seen with the exposure of those Kony 2012 jokers, if you don't have the right management then you will often end up with high costs and little of the money actually getting to the place where it needs to be.

When chosen well someone earning this kind of money can be a great asset to a charity, but it needs to be someone who could earn much more in business and is doing this because it is charity work, rather than someone just there for the paycheque. Whether they are worth 100k largely depends on the individual and their experience.

[armyash]

If I was super rich I would go to a Cancer research charity (or some other worthy charity) and say right here's £500,000 go and buy loads of kit/medicine/hire new staff/do more tests on me etc. I'd want to see my money do some good.

I'm wouldn't write a cheque and hand it over you just don't know what's really happening with the money.

[killersheep]

I donate a decent amount of my income each year. I help out friends that do runs and walks. If I want to give independently of that I check up on Charity Navigator, which evaluates charities on their abilities to fulfill their mission statements and which % of the money goes to overhead and what goes to actual work.

[El Kabong]

I donate a decent amount of my income each year. I help out friends that do runs and walks. If I want to give independently of that I check up on Charity Navigator, which evaluates charities on their abilities to fulfill their mission statements and which % of the money goes to overhead and what goes to actual work.

I can vouch for Killersheep, he's a stand up guy and has contributed liberally to charities that I've been involved in.

I do my fair share of helping the unfortunate. I've done Habitat for Humanity, Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Boys & Girls Club of America, and more recently the Masonic Childrens' Home in North Carolina. I wish I could do more, but I must also look after myself so those donations of time and money continue.

[Gandalf]

I must admit that I don't really give anything to charity. For me government is about restructuring where my taxes go. It should be a progressive system to help out the have nots more. That's charity. I'm not running up a mountain to raise money, when my regular earnings should have an equal effect.

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

I don't give money to organizations, normally. Like the ASPCA? I despise the ASPCA. How dare they run their commercials 40 times an hour, and in those commercials tell me that they need my money? If they stopped airing commercials, they could invest the money in building homes for animals, as well as to pay for the staff to take care of their animals. The ASPCA is extremely annoying. I'll kill Sarah Maclachlan if I ever see her.

I give money to friends if they need help. I once lent a friend of mine $500 because he was switching jobs and about to go homeless. He moved to Texas with that money and hasn't repaid me a dime since. I don't even worry about it, because I figure he feels worse about it than I do.

I help out who I can around me. Screw the organizations.

[Master]

If I was super rich I would go to a Cancer research charity (or some other worthy charity) and say right here's £500,000 go and buy loads of kit/medicine/hire new staff/do more tests on me etc. I'd want to see my money do some good.

I'm wouldn't write a cheque and hand it over you just don't know what's really happening with the money.

I would put the money in a bond of some type and let the charity live off the interest forever

[Dia bando]

If I was super rich I would go to a Cancer research charity (or some other worthy charity) and say right here's £500,000 go and buy loads of kit/medicine/hire new staff/do more tests on me etc. I'd want to see my money do some good.

I'm wouldn't write a cheque and hand it over you just don't know what's really happening with the money.

I would put the money in a bond of some type and let the charity live off the interest forever

Good idea that.

[Master]

If I was super rich I would go to a Cancer research charity (or some other worthy charity) and say right here's £500,000 go and buy loads of kit/medicine/hire new staff/do more tests on me etc. I'd want to see my money do some good.

I'm wouldn't write a cheque and hand it over you just don't know what's really happening with the money.

I would put the money in a bond of some type and let the charity live off the interest forever

Good idea that.

That is what I intend to do when I win the lottery.