It’s a legitimate criticism. You failed.<< I suppose you pass out all your additional money to the poor? Whoever said the sole purpose of AiG was feeding the poor? The people donating the money aren't expecting it to feed the poor. I believe Judas once reprimanded Jesus for allowing Mary to pour expensive perfume on his feet instead of selling it to feed the poor. Jesus told him the poor would always be among you. Judas wasn't really concerned about poor people and neither are these ark critics.
As I stated to another poster on this thread, I did not know that the $ was earmarked for the ark. Fair enough.
However, building an ark with many tens of millions of dollars is extravagant and, in my opinion, wasteful and garish.
Kind of like Dollyworld.
Re: your first question. I do give to charitable orgs that directly service the poor.
I check them out on Charity Navigator first.
Thanks for your question. Have a good day.