tsunami charities

[elizabear]

dsrtao and I have been talking about making a donation to the disaster relief. We have been quite unhappy with the recent confirmation that many charities spend too much money on fundraising, so we're picky about where our money goes. He did some research and came up with the following, which I thought others might be interested in:

www.jdc.org -- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee -- has established a special fund for tsunami relief. Forbes rated JDC as 99% efficient in raising funds -- less than 1% of money raised goes to raising more money, and 92% overall -- 92 cents of every dollar goes directly to relief efforts.

If you'd prefer a non-religious organization, I think Direct Relief International is the most efficient.
http://www.directrelief.org
They are also 99% efficient in raising funds.