Chicago Tribune | Web offers easy way to research aid groups: "Web offers easy way to research aid groups
By M. Daniel Gibbard
Tribune staff reporter
Published December 30, 2004
Moved and transfixed by horrible images from tsunami-devastated areas of Asia, Americans in droves are calling aid agencies with offers of help. But to do the most good, educate yourself first, experts warn.
'Everyone is touched--you wouldn't be human if you weren't,' said charity watchdog Daniel Borochoff. But 'knee-jerk reactions could result in you throwing your money in the garbage.'
Whether donating money, time or materials, research is key, said Borochoff, president of the Chicago-based American Institute of Philanthropy, which grades hundreds of charities on an A to F scale.
The group's Web site, http://www.charitywatch.org, contains a section on the tsunami disaster, listing top-rated charities involved in the relief effort."
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