Vote on where $2.5 million will get spent

The folks at American Express are having a competition of sorts to determine where $2.5 million should be donated. American Express members nominated 1,190 charitable projects, which were then winnowed down to 25 worthy causes by AmEx's advisory board. Now, everybody -- not just cardholders -- can vote to see which get funded. The top five projects get $500,000 each.

I think it's pretty cool that everyone on the Internet can chime in on this, and I'll be quite interested to see which projects make the top 5. It'll tell us a lot about what problems people think need to be tackled first.

So check it out at membersproject.com. You have to sign in as a guest to vote, but if this speaks to you, go for it. Voting ends Oct. 14, so be sure to chime in!