However, I have evolved to operate this as a business, not a charity.

That way I don't end up running a charity :)

This is a business, not a charity.

Than tell them your not a charity and you have a family to feed so you can't risk all this money and not make a property.

I gave you a charity vote @Joe Gore :-)

(There is a school four properties away so they may have wanted to prevent school kids from investigating the unsafe structure) It's not humorous at all that a tenant lost her home, I am unsure if she had renters insurance but I set her up with my church St Pauls Episcopal in Maumee where they operate a food pantry and keep a charity fund for just this purpose and she already has the red cross housing her.

@Derek Venhuizen Simply inform the tenant that they must pay or leave as you have to pay the bills or possibly all three tenants will lose their place, it's a business, not a charity!

You also have to be careful to donate it to a charity and not a private foundation.But, you will have to have an appraisal done and pay all the costs of the transfer.

For instance, if a charity gets a $1 Million donation, but their budget would only need about $100,000/year, could they buy a rental property and use the proceeds to fund their charity?

What you are talking about is a charity.