Charitable Contributions?

rcrowley@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Fri, 10 Jun 1994 14:38:38 EDT


I have a question. Hope this is an appropriate place to ask it.
Since I contribute to a couple of Native American colleges, I get
mail regularly from others soliciting my donation. My question
is this ... how can I determine if these organizations are legiti-
mate? Most of them are on reservations.

I can't support the world. :) But I do like to help in my small
way. Some of the organizations that send me mail can be checked
out through my state's attorney general, but some of the lesser
known ones don't appear on their lists. Is there someone in the
Native American community (or some organization) that registers
legitimate organizations? Or am I pretty much on my own?

Note: I'm not looking for someone to tell me specific names of
organizations. Just some place I can check.

Thank you,
Roger (rcrowley@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil)