What does you think about workplace giving aka forced philanthropy?

I'm not a charity supporter generally as most charities are commercial scams.

A former workplace has a bee in its corporate bonnet about workplace giving aka forced (almost) philanthropy where staff are pushed to donate to supposedly charitable entities.

Churches are the worst with this but plenty of non churches fleece people for donations through corporate support programs and the like

How do you feel about this?

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GeniUs · 56-60, M

I have been very careful about donating money this year to the point where I have made one donation; it was after a news report about a small dog rescue organization having their (one) vehicle stolen stripped for parts and vandalised. The couple who ran the charity looked destroyed and I could barely think before I'd sent the money.
1. I prefer to donate to small charities as I feel my donation makes more of a difference.
2. It helps if I can see where my donation will go, in this case to help fund a new vehicle.
3. I do a little background (online) checking; just something like a video of what the charity does is enough.

I really do not like any sort of coercion such as when I was in the military being expected to donate to military charities.