Yes, I should have been a bit more explicit that I was only talking about charities that provide public goods and services, rather than "any kind of charity, in general".

And I wasn't expressing any moral position, just: given the goals that such charities seem to be pursuing (eg healthcare), their actions don't seem effective at actually accomplishing those goals. Basically, agreeing with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22960723 saying:

> There isn’t a charity in existence that could’ve provided even close to the amount of support needed