User blog comment:Jenburton/2016 Tournament of Giving/@comment-1187559-20161007150246/@comment-1187559-20161008133535

I do hope next year more charities are looked at and I personally think charities that only help small areas should only be considered if it's something unique to that small area. What I mean here is there are some charities on that list that only affect small areas, like New York, when the issues they cover are more widespread and likely covered by national/international charities.

As for how the charities were voted for, a simple poll list may have served better. Or perhaps a system similar to how the Polar Research Vessel was named in that people can vote on the charities available or add one of their own if it's not listed. Anything to make it seem like less of a competition.