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ripcord

(5,439 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2024, 07:52 PM Apr 16

Would you stop supporting a charity because a conservative radio station also supports it?

A friend told I should no longer support Katarina's Club because conservative radio station KFI also supports them. I saw a news report about 8 years ago that a chef in Anahiem was feeding kids who lived in motels and they talked to some of the kids and before Chef Bruno partnered with the Boys and Girls Club to feed these kids they were earing meals from convenience stores and vending machines. That bothered me so I have been supporting them ever since.

They have expanded the program to get families out of the motels by paying the move in costs for them for apartments.The radio station raised over $1.3 million and over 80k pounds of pasta and sauce in a fund raising drive.

I told my friend that my support wasn't contingent on who else was donating but on the work the charity does.

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Would you stop supporting a charity because a conservative radio station also supports it? (Original Post) ripcord Apr 16 OP

It's the charity we support, not the radio station GenThePerservering Apr 16 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Apr 16 #2

As MCE said above canetoad Apr 16 #3

If it's a worthy charity worth supporting, then I couldn't care less who supports it. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 16 #4

If it helps people, yes. That's all that matters. jimfields33 Apr 16 #5

Maybe. There are so many good places to donate money. LakeArenal Apr 16 #6

The more money conservatives give to a charity, the less they give to their politicians... ExciteBike66 Apr 16 #7

Not necessarily. The important questions are ms liberty Apr 16 #8

Not in a knee-jerk or automatic way. But it would cause me to take another RockRaven Apr 16 #9

It would be like refusing to ever eat a steak again, because Trump likes steak Polybius Apr 16 #10

Dig deeper on the charity. Lars39 Apr 16 #11

Yes angrychair Apr 16 #12

Drop it angrychair Apr 16 #13

Not necessarily. maspaha Apr 16 #14

GenThePerservering

(1,824 posts)

1. It's the charity we support, not the radio station

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 07:54 PM

Apr 16

so I would continue my support.

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canetoad

(17,171 posts)

3. As MCE said above

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 07:57 PM

Apr 16

I'm supporting the charity. I can make my own decisions.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,418 posts)

4. If it's a worthy charity worth supporting, then I couldn't care less who supports it.

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 07:57 PM

Apr 16

As a general rule, I support good charities no matter who supports it.

jimfields33

(15,842 posts)

5. If it helps people, yes. That's all that matters.

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 08:06 PM

Apr 16

Every organization needs money. I can’t see depriving children because somebody I don’t like gave as well. We’d never help children if that was the case. That’d be a shame.

LakeArenal

(28,827 posts)

6. Maybe. There are so many good places to donate money.

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 08:14 PM

Apr 16

ExciteBike66

(2,358 posts)

7. The more money conservatives give to a charity, the less they give to their politicians...

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 08:15 PM

Apr 16

ms liberty

(8,581 posts)

8. Not necessarily. The important questions are

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 08:48 PM

Apr 16

What percentage of their donations go directly to their stated mission? To their advertising and fundraising? Their administrative costs and salaries? Is the mission filling a need in the community? And, do they market and promote only to conservatives or operate in a partisan manner? I think all those questions are more important.

RockRaven

(14,976 posts)

9. Not in a knee-jerk or automatic way. But it would cause me to take another

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 08:55 PM

Apr 16

look at the charity to make sure I'm not missing anything about how they operate.

Polybius

(15,460 posts)

10. It would be like refusing to ever eat a steak again, because Trump likes steak

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 10:11 PM

Apr 16

I love animals, and have donated in my name to the ASPCA. I'm sure there are some crazy right-wingers that like animals and have donated there too.

Lars39

(26,109 posts)

11. Dig deeper on the charity.

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 10:21 PM

Apr 16

What’s the percentage of money that makes it to actually helping people?

angrychair

(8,717 posts)

12. Yes

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 10:23 PM

Apr 16

I would drop it without hesitation.

angrychair

(8,717 posts)

13. Drop it

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 10:37 PM

Apr 16

I would drop it without hesitation. I am of the mind that anything a Republican supports is unequivocally corrupt.

maspaha

(223 posts)

14. Not necessarily.

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 11:15 PM

Apr 16

If i agree with the mission of the charity and the charity efficiently manages resources, I’m OK. But, I sure would keep a closer watch on the charity’s operations after finding large/prominent right wing dollars/donors in the donation jar.

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