The 5 Best Gay Charities

[Shana A]

The 5 Best Gay Charities

http://www.queerty.com/plus-the-five-best-gay-charities-20081217/

QUEERTY IN DEPTH — It's not all doom and gloom. In looking at the worst charities for your dollar, we'd be remiss to not tell you about some other organizations that take your money and spend it wisely.

We know in these difficult financial times how you spend your money is more important than ever. The following groups, bastions of organization and efficiency that they are, won't waste yours.

For a full understanding of how we made our decisions, please see the accompanying article on the five worst charities for your dollar. We used the rankings from independent site Charity Navigator to determine the results of the best gay charities in terms of their organizational efficiency and capacity. Our rankings weighted charities with larger budgets higher, and we excluded any group not specifically focused on LGBT issues.

[Sarah]

"best" seems to be entirely focused on how the group manages it's own accounting.

specifically what services each group provides seems to be an afterthought.
How much money each group keeps in operating expenses as a reserve seems to be the main factor at whether or not the group is highly ranked.

HRC was fifth on the list and quoted primarily because of thier 2 year cash reserves.
yes, thier new programs are growing too, but what programs?
HRC is notoriosly anti-genderqueer, (enda anyone?) and the idea that they are a good investment seems silly.
Yes, they handle thier accounting well, but that does not mean that one's dollar is going towards what one wants it to when donated.

It simply means they know how to grow and stay in the black.
Basic business management.
Not exactly what I would call qualifications for a "best gay charaties" list.

"best business management for gay charaties" maybe; but for me, the qualification of "best" has to be proven on the moral and ethical ground as well as financial management.
My thoughts,
-Sara

[Shana A]

"best business management for gay charaties" maybe; but for me, the qualification of "best" has to be proven on the moral and ethical ground as well as financial management.
My thoughts,
-Sara

Agreed. The "worst" charities list was quite telling. Personally, any money I can contribute will go to organizations that are actively working for trans issues. Not based on these reports at all.

Maybe we need to compile info on best trans orgs.

Z

[tekla]

Finance alone is not enough, but if any 'charity' is spending more than 10% of its money on fundraising and overhead, as many do, its way too much.