I wasn’t going to get into this but I can never keep my mouth shut..... it’s a curse!
I don’t know a whole lot about SA or other charitable groups, other than it seems like, as others have stated, in the case of many of them, far too much of our donations goes to salaries and overhead and not to those in need.
SA may be one of thoses, but for this reason I have donated to SA.
One day, many years ago I was walking down a street with my father in law, we pasted an SA bell ringer and he stepped over and dropped some cash in it. As we continued down the street, he told me this: “When I was fighting in the Philippines, during WWII, the SA was in every location, behind the front lines, especially where soldiers were receiving medical/field hospital assistance. (Other charity orgs were there as well, I remember he named the Red Cross specially.) The SA gave the soldiers free food, free bandages, free whatever but it was always free, regardless how large or small, no charge. On the other hand, the other orgs, especially the Red Cross charged for everything, from a stick of chewing gum to a rag wash cloth.” He said, “I will never forget their generosity and how many thousands of men they helped.”
That’s what has motivated me to give to them over the years. I really hope they, now, do not really believe white people need to apologize for being racists.