### social organization | institution:

Charity
* Charities also have agendas beyond their stated causes
  - are a necessary part of any economic social system
  - benefit because donors can donate any time they are at their computer
* Charities can hold debt instruments as part of their investment portfolios
  - sometimes raise needed funds more readily by loans rather than gifts
  - play an invaluable role in American society
  - refer to their beneficiaries
  - represent highly favorable vehicles in which to invest wealth
  - tend to almost deify all poor, regardless of their lifestyles and beliefs
  - thrive on good publicity as well as money
  - try to operate efficiently
* Charities use online shopping and auctions to raise money
  - statistics to encourage donations
* Many charities attempt to address the inequities that exist among people in society
  - focus on getting their share of donors instead of getting their share of donations
  - live up to their vow and spend donations on the needy
  - take clothing of all kinds
  - use names that are similar to legitimate charities
* Most charities are honest and accountable to their donors
  - honest, well-run organizations
  - do their own fund raising
* Some charities designate a specific time of year to emphasize solicitations among friends
  - give free care to disabled children
* Some charities have funds or property that are supposed to be used for one specific purpose
  - more money to give away than foundations
* Some charities rely almost totally on telemarketing for their fund-raising
  - on particular types of donations, such as child sponsorship
  - try to let parents claim the full amount of tuition payments as gifts
* also means charity of spirit.
* basic tenet of the Jewish religion.
* becomes dynamic when it's related to social change.
* comes from the word 'caritas', which is the highest form of love.
* comes in many forms, both large and small
  - various forms, and often springs from love
* computer programming language.
* connotes a generosity of spirit giving of the rich to the poor.
* creates a multitude of sins.
* dedicates to assistance
  - awareness
  - educational assistance
* dedicates to provide assistance
* depends far less on altruism than on shame and mass confusion.
* focuses on protection.
* hallmark of the high moral ground occupied by all religions.
* has use.
* having life in itself, is the opposite and destroyer of contempt as well as of hatred.
* helps children
  - disadvantage children
  - survivors
* is about giving
  - also an institution or an organisation or fund established to help the needy
* is an attitude of the mind
  - important human and spiritual value
  - at once the means and the end of spirituality
  - attained through a succession of acts that result in a conversion
  - basically Christian love, and is manifested in a million ways
  - benevolence
  - business, especially for public companies beholden to profit-hungry shareholders
  - charity and the millions of dollars given away are going to benefit society
  - elevated from a virtue to a justification for one's life
  - equivalent to all the other religious precepts combined
  - in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men
  - institutionalized in America but it is far from common in other countries
  - institutions
* is love in action
  - moving outward, a movement of appreciation and benevolence
  - private, individual acts
  - put into practice in truth and justice
  - something one becomes
* is the act that grows out of love
  - duty of individuals
  - essential lubricant in family relationships
  - form of all virtues and the chain of perfection
  - foundation and bond of monastic communities
  - fundamental principle of our order
  - grand seasonage of every Christian duty
  - mother of two sisters, patience and obedience
  - point where they meet, and the plan by which they act
  - practice of Christian attitudes
  - visible fringe of mercy
* major cause for gaining forgiveness and for repentance to be accepted.
* personal virtue.
* provides services.
* quality that is much greater than all the possessions associated with wealth.
* spirit of wishing well to our neighbor.
* starts with oneself.
* subject that transcends party lines.
* virtue that transcends party lines.
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  * Charities help anti-bullying.
  * Charities are common. Newspapers are common. Newspapers are themselves one of the sources of notability.