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> Is the government "doing good?" There is some good, but there is a case that non-profits such as the Red Cross, churches, food banks, are more accountable and do more good.

I'd say they're less accountable. There's no democratic oversight, FOIA doesn't apply to them, journalists have less incentive to go digging for dirt. They have to keep the donations coming, but that's as much a question of PR as of how much good they're actually doing.

I've no doubt there are effective NGOs and wasteful parts of government, but I suspect a large proportion of NGOs (not those on your list perhaps, but the money-weighted average) are less effective.