We also donate to our Anglican church, which inspires eye-rolls from many. But I've seen first hand how much help ours and other local churches provide for the local homeless, and how far those dollars go to making real impacts. Lots of churches do tons of work quietly, spending church funds to purchase the food and volunteer work from parishioners to prepare and distribute meals. I know it doesn't fit the smug narrative of those who like to write off all organised religion as greedy charlatans taking advantage of the simple-minded, but my first-hand experience has been the polar opposite of that. Not that that doesn't exist, but it's hardly universal...