This. Our church has "Financial Assistance Fund during Christmas/holidays" fund so as long as I specify this on the offering envelop, it would be used solely for that purpose. Some charities I may donate to might not get 100% donation going to people as well as they have overhead, etc, to look after.
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Generally birches have various funds that you can donate to:
Building maintenance, cemetary, ladies or mens club, and at Christmas time often a food, clothing or toy drive.
So long as you specify which fund it's good. Usually 100% of that money donated goes directly to the needy family(ies) as opposed to a portion going to (even reasonable) costs as there are other funds and budget lines for that.
That said, it could very well be different depending on the place of worship.
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