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Jim gives tip on checking out charities

Comments on CM article: Questions come in about telephone solicitations

"Jim"
That is one smokin' hot article!

There are three sites I highly recommend for anyone considering making a donation to a charitable organization other than a purely local one:

Kentucky Attorney General: Tips on Giving. This site is well worth the read. Of particular importance (to me, anyway) are the sections headed "questions to ask when solicited by phone" and "Donors have rights." The link to this site is

Current Non-Profit Entities Filing IRS Tax Form 990 with the KY Attorney General (PDF), a listing of charities registered in Kentucky.

Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator, a comprehensive listing of charities including just about everything you could want to know about each one.

As far as door-to-door solicitors, well, few are as curmudgeonly as I when it comes to that particular scourge.

This sign (in large red letters) graces each of my outside doors:

NO peddlers.
NO politicians.
NO pollsters.
NO proselytizers.
NO exceptions.
NO kidding.

The ones who can't (or won't) read the sign get to stand on the porch and yell through a locked storm door. There's a considerable step-up from the porch to the floor of the house, and I'm on the tall side. Most get the message pretty quickly. Jim

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