Trust but verify all charities

Click here to read this editorial from the Edmonton Journal about safely giving to charities. In my opinion, this advice applies not only to your regular charitable giving, but to the planned giving set up through your Will.

As for verifying the charities, one easy way to do that is to click on the link on the right hand side of my blog for the Canadian Donor's Guide, which lists charities both alphabetically and by topic. It gives addresses, charitable number and other information.