I don't feel that FT (as an organization) should have a particularly active role/involvement in charities. While I encourage and respect individual member's desire to raise money for charities/foundations/etc., I think that's where FT's role should end. I welcome and encourage the community-at-large's charitable endeavors, but I don't want to see FT get involved at an institutional level. Sorting out which charity/foundation is "worthy" of FT's institutional support vs. the ones that are not "worthy" would be enormously time-consuming and somewhat thankless. Trying to explain why FT supports one cause and not another isn't apt to foster "community". I'd rather see a community forum that gives members a chance to show their individual support for their favorite causes (without commercializing them).