I understand where you're coming from. If someone does want to donate to a charity, make sure you do it as anonymously as possible! Never provide any kind of legitimate contact information or they will hound you like a swarm of mosquitoes.
I ran into this problem with Habitat for Humanity. Before Caller ID and when answering machines recorded on tape, a caller would call every day at about the same time and hang up at a point where my answering machine would run the tape to the end with nothing on it, preventing any legitimate callers from leaving a message. One day I was home from work early and at the time of the mystery calls the phone rang - it was Habitat for Humanity who I had donated to just a couple of weeks earlier. I made it clear that their calls were unwelcome, and lo and behold the "mystery calls" stopped.
NEVER give any charity your contact information! They will hound you day in and day out!
DO NOT ANSWER THESE PEOPLE. It sounds like a scam. They call my home on a daily basis. They don't leave a message when I dont answer. I just see their number on my caller ID. AICR is the acronym for American Institute for Cancer Research BUT they dont sound like they are legit. Somehow they got around the DO NOT CALL LIST!
202-495-7181. I'm getting these calls. Caller ID says Washington DC. I refuse to answer because its more than likely telemarketers spamming me. I'm on the do not call list and they're obviously not obeying the law.
Send the marines to the owners house, and shoot him dead please.