Set up a Donor-advised fund with Vanguard or Fidelity, etc.
https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/
You can just check a box to make any donation anonymously.
Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously?
#32I think, long term, the best solution is something like GNU Taler[1] which is anonymous (for consumers) e-Cash system. It doesn't require cryptocurrencies or anything, it can work with VISA or PayPal just as easily. And it's auditable, so that governments can still tax businesses (which avoids the fear that governments have around large-scale, automated and fully-anonymous payments). [1]: https://taler.net/en/index.h…
> https://taler.net/en/index.html Firefox reports today (11nov18, 10:55am, PST): > taler.net uses an invalid security certificate. > The certificate expired on November 11, 2018, 2:13:27 PM GMT. The current time is November 11, 2018, 6:55 PM. > This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely.
It works for me, seems like they fixed it. They use LetsEncrypt so must've messed up the auto-updating of the certificate. In my defence, I've done this before as well.
Re: Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously?
#33it's not for everyone, but we use a Donor Advised Fund for anonymous giving: https://www.schwabcharitable.org/public/charitable/home You donate the money to a nonprofit run by Schwab, and then later you can tell them to donate it to any tax-deductible nonprofit, one time or on a schedule, and to either include your name with the gift or not. We like it for (a) commitment (it's easier to set a goal to give X% of your…
There are other implementations of the same idea: Fidelity and Vanguard each have one.
In general they all allow donations to any 501(c)3.