Regarding "The Red Cross Is $600,000,000 in debt", this comment from another thread seems like <i>very important</i> context:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1051934" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1051934</a><p>Smart people both inside and outside our network have recommended Partners in Health --- www.PIH.org --- they're on the ground right now in Haiti and working to get surgeons from the states set up to handle Port au Prince victims. They have an absolutely painless donation page. PIH spends the vast majority of its revenue on programs, has 4 stars on Charity Navigator, and pays its chief executive less than many QA engineers.