Infographic: The Gift of Giving [3] 

$3 for a student workbook in Darfur (Catholic Relief Services, crs.org [4])

$12 for 20 pounds of multipurpose soap (Oxfam, oxfamamerica.org [5])

$20 for supplies for a disaster/rescue mobile unit for needy animals (ASPCA, aspca.org [6])

$25 for a "No Mo' Chemo" Party to celebrate completion of one young patient's chemotherapy (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, stjude.org [7])

$50 for 50 trees to be planted in Brazil's Atlantic Forest (The Nature Conservancy, nature.org [8])

$75 for 200 dictionaries for students in Africa (Books for Africa, booksforafrica.org [9])

$100 for one month of art supplies for a preschool for Chinese orphans (Half the Sky, halfthesky.org [10])

$120 for a sheep for a needy family in a developing country (Heifer International, heifer.org [11])

$150 for one front door (Habitat for Humanity, habitat.org [12])

$500 for the safe delivery of a newborn in Guatemala (Project Concern International, projectconcern.org [13])

$600 for one teacher's annual salary at an Afghan or Pakistani school for girls (Central Asia Institute, ikat.org [14])

$1,000 for one month of housing and basic needs for a woman and her children escaping abuse in the U.S. (Global Giving, globalgiving.org [15])

$2,500 for an operation on one child with a congenital heart condition (Children's HeartLink, childrensheartlink.org [16])

$39,000 for a health clinic in Sierra Leone (World Vision, worldvision.org [17])

All charities featured have received three or four stars from Charity Navigator for organizational efficiency and capacity, except for Catholic Relief Services, which, as a religious ministry, does not file federal financial disclosures.