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I have found that I have to get money orders when I make a donation. These are to bona fide charities everyone knows. The problem: you might just get onto their mailing list and on mailing lists that they share. With the money order, I just scribble a signature real fast, which is not the way I usually sign. The bottom line: they get their money, because I track the money order. It's offensive that, even here, "no good deed goes unpunished." - - - - - When my mom was around, she gave money to about 4 Catholic charities and a major research hospital. Eventually, she was getting stuff with pre-addressed prepaid envelopes from about 25 different charities - most of them still Catholic. They'd put little trinkets or mailing labels in their mail outs to make you feel guilty or obligated. She still continued to give to the 5 or so charities. However, after she passed away, I had to call those 25 charities, tell them she had passed, and to STOP! * something to think about for when and how you make donations *