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I usually give to American Cancer Society and local animal rescues.

Resolve, and the United Way

@jedeve: http://resolve.org

St. Jude's and the mission place I temp at.

We support NPR and our public library. We also support the Red Cross. This post is timely because DH and I were just talking about this yesterday. We want to pick another cause to support but we aren't sure which one yet.

We always do this at the end of the year when we're thinking about taxes. We usually donate to one or more of these organizations:

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
A local boston terrier rescue
Our local PBS station
Our church

We donate “significant” (eye of beholder) time, money and in-kind donations to a variety of organizations:

Local animal shelters (3)
Dog rescue transport groups (2-3)
Planned Parenthood
Local shelter for women/children
United Way (I volunteer in their CA$H program preparing tax returns and serving as a financial coach)
NPR
local food bank/pantry

I have given one-off $50 donations this year and/or done 5k walks this year for:

Autism
Cystic Fibrosis
Alzheimer’s
Cancer Community Center (local)

We do PIH, Our local NPR station, Kiva, Heifer International, Ronald Mc Donald house, human rights campaign, planned parenthood, donors choose, voices for hope (girls' education in Ivory Coast). Oh and this year in honor of our dog, we'll be donating to a local dog rescue organization (we haven't done it yet, though).

I think that's it so far for this year. We also donate to political candidates of our choosing-- but that's not tax deductible stuff.

@yoursilverlining: I haven't donated to the local food bank, and feel kinda bad about it since it's such an easy one. But one thing I want to start doing with L when he's a little older and can understand, is letting him pick one thing out each time we get groceries and let him put it in the food bank. I think it would be a good way to teach about others needs and giving and such.

@.twist.: I think that’s a really good idea!! (i.e., I’m going to steal it)

We do something similar for donations to the animal shelters with E. Even though she’s only 2, she knows what we’re doing and likes to help out. We go to a pet store/Target/whatever and let her pick out what kind of cat and dog food to buy to donate. I also sew stuff pillows/beds for cats at the shelter and E comes with me to the fabric store and I tell her what we are making and let her pick out the fabric to buy to make the beds with. She gets really excited to “help kitty and puppy”.

@yoursilverlining: That's really similar and so sweet! I bet she finds those activities really exciting.

Our local public radio/NPR, Planned Parenthood, and local food shelter.

In the future, we plan to give more to the above, as well as adding a local homelessness non-profit and some international non profits. We aren't very good about volunteering, which is something Id like to work on, especially as our daughter gets older. Honestly, as a social worker, sometimes I feel like I give so much during my work hours that I'm a little tapped out, but I need to change that perspective.

I don't regularly donate to charities, like monthly or something. It's more of when it comes up (FB, grocery store or pet store check out, flyers in the mail) that I donate.

Local humane society & American lung association. Are ones close to me but I've donated to prostate cancer, breast cancer, pediatric brain cancer, charity for clean water in Africa in the past. ALS recently.

I do like donating to my friend's teacher wish lists and planned trips.

@Leialou: Oh, now, I just added Resolve to my list.

We mostly do heart & stroke foundation and cancer society.

Humane Society, local women's shelters and crisis nursery, Wounded Warrior Foundation and the EOD Warrior Foundation

Samaritan's Purse
Direct Relief
Salvation Army