Many replies are vouching for churches, but while religious community work is certainly beneficial to selected parties, it's only a little better than other forms of private philanthropy in that the services are selected by a limited number of participants, to benefit a limited number of participants, rather than democratically as a government would do. [-1]
For example, in cases like the Salvation Army, a portion of donated money goes toward lobbying against certain types of free speech. And they have been caught many times discriminating against LGBTQ. [0]
[-1] Not that governments are uniformly perfect. They are at least beholden to the majority at numerous pressure points, unlike churches.
For example, in cases like the Salvation Army, a portion of donated money goes toward lobbying against certain types of free speech. And they have been caught many times discriminating against LGBTQ. [0]
[-1] Not that governments are uniformly perfect. They are at least beholden to the majority at numerous pressure points, unlike churches.
[0] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-salvation-armys-histo_b_4...