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Does anyone here give to Cross International? Was listening to my local Christian radio station today and they were doing a fundraiser for Cross International's work in Mozambique. I've heard of this charity before but have never researched them. Any reviews/ratings/insight would be appreciated. Thanks
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I haven't heard of them before, but they are highly rated on Charity Navigator with 97.3% of all income going to program expenses. The one thing that seems off is they market themselves under two names, Cross International when talking to Protestants and Cross Catholic when talking to Catholics. They clearly state it's an interdenominational aid organization and I don't believe they are involved in ministry, but putting on two different faces depending on who you're soliciting from seems dishonest..
Hmmm... I wasn't aware of that, but looked into it and as it turns out, that separate branches are totally legit:
Per their Wikipedia entry:
Aid was distributed through Christian churches and ministries of all denominations both Protestant and Catholic. In order to strengthen its relationship with the various U.S. churches the founders of Cross International created a new corporation, Cross International Catholic Outreach, Inc. in 2002 whose mission was to channel aid to the poor through Catholic churches and social ministries overseas. At that point Cross International shifted to channeling aid only through Protestant churches and ministries. The two organizations continued an inter-denominational collaboration as Cross International Alliance. They share offices and some staff but have separate boards of directors, separate finances, separate donorbases, and generally support different projects overseas. They jointly support some inter-denominational projects and collaborate closely in responding to disaster emergencies.