I don't want to argue much and have this thread locked or wind up in Fippy's but I do want to give some facts out that seem to be misunderstood about this charity drive.
1) Extra Life is a fundraising program created by the Children's Miracle Network (CMN). When you make a donation to this, 100% of the money is going to the CMN This isn't a middleman that takes a cut before passing it off to a different charity.
2) In donating to this, none of your money is going through DBG. You are not giving your money to DBG with the hope or promise that they will donate it to the charity. You are donating it directly to CMN. Again, there is no middleman here.
3) CMN is a highly rated charity that has helped a few of the people I work with. Last I looked, 88% or so of the money donated to CMN goes directly to the children's hospitals which is really solid for a charity of this size.
Charity Navigator has more information if you are interested.
4) Like other methods of donating to CMN, if you choose to donate through the Extra Life fundraising campaign, you can choose to donate any amount you would like.
5) If you were planning on making a charitable donation to CMN and want some in-game cosmetic bonus items for your generosity, feel free to donate through the Extra Life link in DBG's post and join their team. If you would like to donate but despise DBG and would rather walk around with the feeling that you are sticking it to the man, the Charity Navigator link I posted has a link that you can click and donate.