many charities and donations are scams

I hate how many charities and donations are scams. It is good to donate to charity but these days there are many charities that are scams. I dont want to have to research everything. Even when I do these are a lot of opposing evidence. all the popular ones like unicef,united way,mercy housing water street mission and four diamonds all have negatives about them. I don't even know where to donate. I used to just do whatever everyone else is doing because I thought this many people know best but no one really does research on it.

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Gusman · 61-69, M

Depends if you want to donate to help locals or overseas Charities.
For locals Go to your local soup kitchen and ask how to donate, St Vinnies, American Disabled Veterans.
I do not donate to World Wide Charities because personally I think the Charity takes too large a % of my donation to run the organisation.
Plus there is a higher possibility of corruption ensuing that very little money gets to those in need.