The gift of giving: Find out which charities are naughty and nice

If you are making a list of charities to give money to this holiday season — and checking it twice — you should look into which charities are naughty and nice.

Charitable giving reached record levels for the third year in a row in 2017 at an estimated $410 billion, and the majority of donations come from individuals, according to the website CharityNavigator.org.

News Center 7 consumer reporter Rachel Murray is finding out what red flags you should look for before you give — watch WHIO-TV at 5 p.m. and look for Dayton Daily News reporter Holly Shively’s in-depth report Thursday at WHIO.com.