[ Jody remarked in 140816 MMDigest --

>[ Donating to a charity that is fraudulent will cost you your
>[ money or property AND you won't get a valid tax deduction.

Jody is right: all charities should be researched.  Here are a few
sites that will allow you to see how much overhead is taken versus
how much is actually used for the charity.  I use Charity Navigator.

  http://www.charitynavigator.org/ 
  http://www.guidestar.org/ 
  http://charitywatch.org/ 
  http://www.givewell.org/ 
  http://www.bbb.org/us/charity 

Eileen Jacobs