Giving tzedekah in honor of a bar or bat mitzvah or as part of a mitzvah project is an excellent way for the new Jewish 'adult' to get started on a lifelong habit of giving. Here are a few resources for finding charities that are doing work that is meaningful to your family and that you can count on to be efficient.
Check out I've Done My Part at:
http://www.ivedonemypart.org/charities.html
And for guidance in choosing charities, Charity Navigator at:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/
Please feel free to share any information that you have on your favorite charities!
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Thanks for this article! To research charities, there's also http://www.greatnonprofits.org/ where you can read reviews of nonprofits. The reviews are written by people with first-hand experience with the nonprofit - their clients, volunteers, board members, donors.
~Shari Ilsen
Outreach Director
GreatNonprofits
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