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Originally posted by Rudey
As an alumni, I often worry about not having control over any money I donate and was wondering if anyone else feels the same...
-Rudey
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Do you mean to the philanthropy, the chapter or the national?
If you're worried about where it's going in the chapter, write a check to the thing they need instead of to the chapter in general - i.e. if you are giving them money for house costs, write a check out to the electric company directly instead.
If it's one of the other two...try to do something similar if at all possible, and if you can't and you still aren't comfortable, just don't. I know that's not a very good answer, but it's the only one I've got.
As far as the original topic of the thread, I think this is why it is so important that we have philanthropies that are about doing, not donating. Plus, when you think about the fact that nowadays there are Greek org members that have thousands of $$ in student loans and multiple jobs...sometimes I think some of the receipients of our philanthropies are probably financially better off than the donors (if not physically/mentally so).