I've decided to tithe to the Mormon church. Though I'm not baptized, they've always been welcoming and willing to allow me to participate in sacrament.
I haven't felt comfortable donating to the Catholic church as an organization in the past. I have given for very specific causes and smaller Catholic groups/churches, but as far as I can tell the money is poorly used on a broad organizational level.
I have less qualms about donating directly to the CJCLDS as a whole organization. As far as I can tell, the money is used wisely, and even the leaders have decent business acumen so that they often wisely invest excess contributions so that they're available for the future and possible hard-times. In general, I think the CJCLDS has superior missionary and support programs to the Catholic church. The CJCLDS does a good job emphasizing self-reliance over hand outs, and I think this what's needed in the US where there are no biblical "poor", but there are a lot of people with low intelligence, poor monetary management skills, and/or mental illness at the lowest ends of society.
That said, I still occasionally donate to a specific monastery and a local conservative Catholic school.
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