Monday Accountability Post

hoffse

1) How MM was your weekend?

2) Any progress toward goals?

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

noffgurl

Ha! I just posted this too lol, I can delete mine I think.

jessica490

1. Friday- $0

   Saturday- $6 snack at the movies. Free movie!

Sunday- $23 Gas

2. Nothing yet, we get paid this week.

3. I would probably donate everything to breast cancer research as both my mom and grandma have been diagnosed and treated for it.

hoffse

1) Ours wasn't too bad.  I co-hosted a shower this weekend.  That was $188, but it actually came in under budget.  Other than that, $60 on gas, $120 on groceries, $45 on some lawn care items we needed for the house.

2) I completed my tax dispute and turned in my first grades for reimbursement for my LLM.  It sounds like that will be appearing in my paycheck on Friday (!)

3) If I didn't have to take H's opinions in consideration, I would probably break it up and donate it as follows:

    $20K: Vanderbilt University

    $20K: Zoo Atlanta

    $10K: Church

    $10K: Local Food Bank

    $10K: Birmingham Humane Society

    $10K: My old dance studio - it's a nonprofit 

If H had a say, odds are some of it would go to Emory University and also the Alabama Symphony.  The Birmingham Zoo would also be a strong contender for us.

EDIT: Realized I left off one of my donations!   $20K would go to the March of Dimes.  They paid for my mom to be treated for polio when she was a small child.

hoffse

noffgurl said:

Ha! I just posted this too lol, I can delete mine I think.

Oops sorry - didn't see it!

blondie42107

1) How MM was your weekend?
Pretty good. Groceries: $100 (regular store and Sams Club run), $25 for gas, $5 ice cream (after spending hours at the park yesterday), $54 cat food /litter.

2) Any progress toward goals?
No

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to? If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

1. Church/school
2. Local hospice house
3. Regional breast cancer assistance program - helps provide those in treatment with financial assistance (food, gas, medical bills, etc)
4. Local rescue mission (provides housing, counseling, support, to people/families in need
5. Contribute to my late professor's memorial scholarship fund. He was an amazing prof and inspired so many in our field.

TravelJunkie1234

1) How MM was your weekend?
$300 for excursions for our upcoming vacation (budgeted for)
$110 at Barnes and Noble (Not budgeted but they were having a kids book sale and we couldn't help buying a few things for the nieces and nephews)
$56 at Home Depot for garden supplies
$50 at Target for some board games

2) Any progress toward goals?
Sadly no. I was supposed to get a check a couple weeks ago from someone for some freelance work I did (money was going to go towards SL debt), but haven't been able to get a hold of them and haven't received payment yet.

3)
If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit,
who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple
recipients, how much to each?

10K to El Centro-a non-profit I used to work with in Colorado. They help day-laborers make sure they get fair wages/safe working conditions and also teach low-income immigrants English and various life skills (like cooking, how to write a resume, etc)

20K to Lost N Found - a non-profit that helps LGBT homeless youth in the ATL area

20K to Women's Global Empowerment Fund - a microfinance non-profit started by college classmate

20K to Wounded Warriors

10K to Humane Society

20K to World Wildlife Fund

als1982

1. Not great. We spent $50 for dinner and brunch for H's birthday. But then we got hit with a $450 car repair and $100 computer anti-virus renewal. Ugh. We did figure that the $180 that we spent on groceries should last us until we leave for our vacation in early May, giving us $200 to reallocate later in the month.

2. My last check was designated for the mortgage, so not this week.

3. I'm a nonprofit fundraiser so this is a topic close to my heart!

Local homeless shelter: $20,000
Food bank: $20,000
United Way: $20,000
Area children's hospital: $20,000
After school program in the small town where I grew up: $10,000
Church (restricted to their local mission work and NOT general operating): $5,000
Planned Parenthood: $5,000

simplyelise

1) How MM was your weekend?

Good. 2 tanks of gas (~50, budgeted), groceries (83, budgeted).

2) Any progress toward goals?

None this week, just sticking to budget.

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

50k anonymously to our church. We live in a VERY tight commercial real estate area and our church is about to outgrow our current rental but with our heavy student congregation, we can't afford whats out there to rent/buy.

5k our local NPR station. 

15k to National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (in honor of DH's late step-dad)

15k to local CASA affiliate (court appointed special advocate)

15k to local emergency shelter for domestic violence

blondie42107

als1982 said:

1. Not great. We spent $50 for dinner and brunch for H's birthday. But then we got hit with a $450 car repair and $100 computer anti-virus renewal. Ugh. We did figure that the $180 that we spent on groceries should last us until we leave for our vacation in early May, giving us $200 to reallocate later in the month.

2. My last check was designated for the mortgage, so not this week.

3. I'm a nonprofit fundraiser so this is a topic close to my heart!

Local homeless shelter: $20,000
Food bank: $20,000
United Way: $20,000
Area children's hospital: $20,000
After school program in the small town where I grew up: $10,000
Church (restricted to their local mission work and NOT general operating): $5,000
Planned Parenthood: $5,000

I work in nonprofit so I completely understand!!

short+sassy

$35 for gas and $32 for a French press.  Are old one was not working so great anymore and my DH has been crying for a new one.  Of course, we have a perfectly good coffee maker and I saw no need to buy a press, but he sometimes jumps on a French press kick and he's on one right now. 

However, I've been putting off my Costco trip.  That is going to be a couple hundred bucks this week.

My budget has been a bit crazy and off kilter, because I almost bought an investment property last week, but then I bailed out.  So I'd been hoarding money for the earnest money, the inspection, the appraisal, and the closing.  Basically, just allocating it differently than normal.  Now I'm back to knocking down my HELOC for the time being, so I threw extra money on that Friday, since the deal fell through.

For my $100K contribution, I'd give $15K to the SPCA...even though I hate their heartstring tugging commercials...because we, as a species, have chosen to invite dogs and cats into our homes yet we have abused this responsibility and privilege by allowing them to become overbred.

The majority of my donation, $85K, would go to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) because I am essentially a selfish person, lol.  I've suffered from Type I diabetes, aka Juvenile Diabetes, for over 20 years and the sooner they find a cure, the longer I can potentially live.

FYI, it is only called Juvenile Diabetes because the onset of the disease is usually in childhood (though not always).  I personally think that name is silly and inaccurate, because Type 1 diabetics obviously grow up and are no longer "juveniles"...or at least they grow up nowadays, thank goodness.  But, for the name of a foundation, I guess "juvenile diabetes" sounds more warm and fuzzy than the accurate, clinical name of Type I Diabetes.

vlagrl29

1 - it was ok.  $40 on dinner out Friday night and $137 on clothes for DD and shoes and shorts for DH at Kohls.

2 - none this week

3 - I would split in half for Alzheimer's and st. judes

als1982

vlagrl29 said:

1 - it was ok.  $40 on dinner out Friday night and $137 on clothes for DD and shoes and shorts for DH at Kohls.

2 - none this week

3 - I would split in half for Alzheimer's and st. judes

Why might I ask St. Jude's and not Children's Mercy?

vlagrl29

als1982 said:

vlagrl29 said:

1 - it was ok.  $40 on dinner out Friday night and $137 on clothes for DD and shoes and shorts for DH at Kohls.

2 - none this week

3 - I would split in half for Alzheimer's and st. judes

Why might I ask St. Jude's and not Children's Mercy?

honestly I don't have a preference - I would do children's mercy also.

hoffse

vlagrl29 said:

als1982 said:

vlagrl29 said:

1 - it was ok.  $40 on dinner out Friday night and $137 on clothes for DD and shoes and shorts for DH at Kohls.

2 - none this week

3 - I would split in half for Alzheimer's and st. judes

Why might I ask St. Jude's and not Children's Mercy?

honestly I don't have a preference - I would do children's mercy also.

Aren't they in different locations?  I thought Children's Mercy was in Kansas and St. Jude's was in Memphis.

I could be totally wrong about that though.

smbenevides1989

1) How MM was your weekend?

Spendy: $35 groceries, $60 gas for both cars, $33 for dinner out, $120 for dog training classes, and $64 for dog supplies.

2) Any progress toward goals?

$78 in OT money for the payoff account, $78 for vacation, and $40 in various other accounts.

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

Breast cancer research, Boston Children's Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, my local church, and ITP research. 

Mustard76

1. $35 for gas $8 for breakfast out on the way to my parents' for the weekend. I did spend $100 on stuff for my mom at the store. She just had surgery so I wanted her to have whatever she wanted once she got home, so I spent a little more than I ordinarily would.

2. $250 to move money account, $100 to my student loan

3. What a hard decision. I would give a big chunk to the humane society and a chunk to breast cancer research.

AprilZ81

1) How MM was your weekend? Not too bad, hockey game Friday night, DH spent some of his fun money and I spent about $130 on groceries and supplies today.  It wouldn't have been so much but we needed both cat food and cat litter and we have to buy them more expensive non-clay litter because the clay smell and dust really bother me.

2) Any progress toward goals?  I finally opened up my ROTH account today!  I just got in under the deadline...  Our financial advisor says we should fully fund mine and put anything else available in DH's account since I will most likely live longer and we don't have enough to fully fund both this year.

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?  I would probably give all of it to Make a Wish, if I decided to split it would probably be with the American Heart Association...

lifeonthehill

1) How MM was your weekend? Meh. Trying to eat healthier is creating a grocery budget where we wouldn't usually have one. Maybe $45 on food.

2) Any progress toward goals? none this week. I am only 4lbs away from my goal weight though!

3)
If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit,
who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple
recipients, how much to each?

Our Local Humane Society. They were on track to place in an 100k ASPCA challenge recently but when a dog came in sick they had to shut down for six weeks to make sure none of the other animals contracted anything. It was heartbreaking.

Wulfgar

1) How MM was your weekend?  Not too bad, after my son passed his belt test, we went to Eat N Park which was $40.  Then gas and some additional groceries was $40.

2) Any progress toward goals?  Not this weekend, we get paid on the 15th and last day of the month.

3)
If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit,
who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple
recipients, how much to each?

$50k to my local church, it is one of the oldest diocese in the greater Cleveland area and finances are really tight.
$20k to a local organization to help those who want help to get back on their feet.
$20k to the Akron Zoo.
$10k to the YMCA to help those that need the YMCA.

cbee817

1) How MM was your weekend? Pretty good- groceries ($139), target ($60)

2) Any progress toward goals? $250 went to savings this weekend

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

$100K to www.cureatrt.org - AT/RT is a very rare pediatric brain tumor that my cousin's baby has.

als1982

hoffse said:

vlagrl29 said:

als1982 said:

vlagrl29 said:

1 - it was ok.  $40 on dinner out Friday night and $137 on clothes for DD and shoes and shorts for DH at Kohls.

2 - none this week

3 - I would split in half for Alzheimer's and st. judes

Why might I ask St. Jude's and not Children's Mercy?

honestly I don't have a preference - I would do children's mercy also.

Aren't they in different locations?  I thought Children's Mercy was in Kansas and St. Jude's was in Memphis.

I could be totally wrong about that though.

They are in different locations, but they're also completely different in terms of mission and purpose. St. Jude's is a research hospital which only takes patients suffering from the illnesses they are studying at the time. Local children hospitals treat the full scope of injuries and illnesses. Both organizations typically provide care to any child regardless of the family's ability to pay. St. Jude's is small only 78 beds and sees 150 patients a day. Your major metropolitan children's hospital likely has ten times that many beds and ten times that many visits a day. St. Jude's does good work, but they're a marketing powerhouse, spending eight figures on ads in a single city, while IMO not being completely transparent about the work they do.

formerlyGDaisy09

1) How MM was your weekend?

HAHA

$185-home depot...flowers, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, soil, manuer...

$173-whole sale club

$57-Grocery store

...then I spent $200 at the Vet on monday

2) Any progress toward goals?

nope, just keep chugging along, trying to keep the "it's spring" happy spending under control

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

$20K-My under grad college

$20K-the Ballet company I'm on the board for

$10K- the Humane society

$10K the dog park 

$10K my Ballet company from when I was a child

$10K the local cancer center

$10K the local children's hospital

$10K the institution I got my Master's degree from

short+sassy

als1982 said:

hoffse said:

vlagrl29 said:

als1982 said:

vlagrl29 said:

They are in different locations, but they're also completely different in terms of mission and purpose. St. Jude's is a research hospital which only takes patients suffering from the illnesses they are studying at the time. Local children hospitals treat the full scope of injuries and illnesses. Both organizations typically provide care to any child regardless of the family's ability to pay. St. Jude's is small only 78 beds and sees 150 patients a day. Your major metropolitan children's hospital likely has ten times that many beds and ten times that many visits a day. St. Jude's does good work, but they're a marketing powerhouse, spending eight figures on ads in a single city, while IMO not being completely transparent about the work they do.

Oh, that's so interesting!  I had no idea.  St. Jude's advertises where I live with the gist of the ad being that no parents are ever required to pay for their child's services.

You really burst my bubble, lol.  There is no industry I hate and despise more than hospitals and pharmaceuticals.  They make insane profits off the backs of people who are sick and injured.  And here I thought St. Jude was a bastion of goodness within the den of evil.  Apparently not so much. 

brij2006

Late to the party...

1) How MM was your weekend? Great! $120 on a yard roller, and $35 on gas. 

2) Any progress toward goals? Paid off the medical bills from our daughters' birth (with a 10% paid in full discount, woot!), and paid off the last of H's student loans.  

3) If you had $100K that you had to give away to a charity or nonprofit, who would you give it to?  If you wanted to give it to multiple recipients, how much to each?

$50k to our church

$20k to Resolve Fertility Awareness

$30k to 4-H program