i personally do not donate to the red cross, this is because of a few things
EG (numbers are from their financial reports available on their website)
75 million pounds goes towards "Staff emoluments and trustee expenses"
10 million pounds goes towards central office costs (bills, HR, legal)
70 million pounds goes towards generating income (advertising, PR, promotional materials)
and then when you look at how much was spent per cause, under £10 million was spent each on the japan, haiti and other disaster responses.
would you want to give red cross a bitcoin worth $340 and know that less then $25 of supplies/support ended up at the frontline for victims?
id prefer to ensure the maximum amount of funds reached the destined victims and also highlighting the fact that those supplies/support was funded via bitcoins. thus id prefer giving to someone from the area that can show 'front line' results of the bitcoin donations.
sidenote to OP:
by simply putting your paypal into red cross while you collect the bitcoins, is not advertising bitcoins as a charitable event, its more of a middleman effort to start off with paypal and end up with bitcoins, where you are in control of the exchange rate and a small side effect of charity donations
I was unaware that so little of the donations actually reached the victims. Is there a better charity? One that puts donations to better use?
I agree with your statement, that I'm acting as a middleman. However, I don't agree with your claim that this "is not advertising bitcoins as a charitable event". While the donation may not originally come from me, It makes it easier for those that have cryptocurrency, and wish to support a good cause with it.
