Ask HN: What charities do you donate to?

#1

Post by jklein11 » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:36 PM UTC

Do you have any organizations that you consistently give to?

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#2

Post by eb0la » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:53 PM UTC

Unicef, Greenpeace, Doctors without borders.

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#3

Post by thetest3r » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:58 PM UTC

EFF. Their work is extremely relevant to those in the tech industry.

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#4

Post by wallace_f » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 3:07 PM UTC

thetest3r wrote: post #3

EFF. Their work is extremely relevant to those in the tech industry.

To everyone

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#5

Post by tmaly » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 3:07 PM UTC

I am not sure if it is a charity, but I give to Mozilla each year as I use firefox.

I have given to Goodwill

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#6

Post by mostlystatic » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 4:45 PM UTC

GiveDirectly and Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE).

For GiveDirectly or other charities recommended by GiveWell there seems to be a reasonable amount of evidence that they actually create a meaningful benefit for the people participating in their programs. And where that isn't that case at least they try to generate new evidence about what works and what doesn't.

ACE is different in that there's a lot of justified criticism of their methodology and accusations of overinterpreting the data they have. But I hope that given resources and time they can improve on that.

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#7

Post by citruspi » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 4:55 PM UTC

I donate to Watsi on a monthly basis and they send me an email with information about where my donation went[0]. I'd like to contribute to Watsi Coverage[1] at some point when they accept donations directly for it.

[0]: https://watsi.org/monthly [1]: https://watsi.org/coverage

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Post by vinhnx » Wed, Oct 18, 2017, 3:35 AM UTC

I have been donating ShareTheMeal (https://sharethemeal.org/en/) for more than a year now. The mobile app made it very easy to donate just a few dollars to help children in need.

Also, I had donated to DoctorsWithoutBorders in the past.

Finally, my local charity organization.

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Post by drakonka » Wed, Oct 18, 2017, 9:43 AM UTC

I donate financially to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the Nonhuman Rights Project, and time-wise to a local cat shelter. I think the next nonprofits I'll aim to donate to will be the Good Food Institute and Soi Dog Foundation.

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#10

Post by staticdynamic » Wed, Oct 18, 2017, 11:09 AM UTC

Uchira children's fund (uchirachildrensfun.wordpress.com)- a small charity run by a genuinely nice guy who does a lot of great work