1) Yes
2) Kiva Spirit Foundation (http://www.kivaspirit.org ) should be one of the top charities... heath and wellness for everyone! Don't wait for this suggestion. Go right now to the web page to make a donation! Tax deductable! 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
3) The executive director:
http://www.kivaspirit.org/Graphics/MattHSWeb.jpg

What a good looking ED!
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This comes up a lot actually. Although Mahalo doesn't have yet an automated charity feature, MA brown belt @robbrown has a group for us set-up at Kiva.org, (no relation to Dr.Matts foundation), our group has 12 Mahalo Answers members and has already loaned over $600.

It's a Mirco-loan organization where you can loan money to a 3rd world entrepreneur, different from donations because that entrepreneur works to pay off your loan (I notice it takes about a year) the beauty is, once the loan is paid off you can then re-loan to another entrepreneur on the website.

http://www.kiva.org/community/viewTeam?team_id=5048
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/3460786606/

It works with Paypal, so once you get your Mahalo Payment you can choose to donate directly to Kiva, connecting charities to Mahalo might be a bit more difficult, but the more successful our service gets, the easier opportunities will be, so let's all work on growing MA :)

Here is PBS Frontline Segment on how it works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXk4GUGXNTQ
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We are going to have, in all likelihood, a gift card and donation program by the summer. So, imagine being able to get a Zappos. JetBlue or NetFlix gift card or donate to a list of charities directly from your member page.

We're working on it right after Mahalo 2.0 is launched next month.
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