If you have a single dollar to give to tzedaka, is “emotionally charged situation” one of the criteria mentioned in halacha in the list of priorities?
Actually, aside from pikuach nefesh, supporting Torah is a priority.
The term you use, “emotionally charged situation”, connotes a lack of real need, but the donor’s emotions have been stirred.
I am referring to the emotional needs of the recipient, which although I’m not (yet) fluent enough in hilchos tzeddakah to know how to incorporate into the prioritization of funds, should certainly play a role (based on the Gemara’s din of the chariot).