Giving Tuesday is awesome: Here are 9 groups you can help

Sure, “Giving Tuesday,” the plea for folks to donate to charity, was a bit of an afterthought following the gargantuan success of “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday.” Still, the idea isn’t so odd: Charitable donations help many people and may someday even come back around to help you should you ever need it.

America is one of the world’s most charitable countries. When “Giving Tuesday” started to develop just a few years ago, it just served to increase this reputation even further. Last year, “Giving Tuesday” raised nearly $300 million for nonprofit organizations. That was a 50 percent increase over 2016’s total. Given the absurdly low unemployment rate this year, that number could get even higher this year.