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Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by mostlystatic on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:45PM (#15492442)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by citruspi on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:55PM (#15492529)
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

Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by vinhnx on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:35PM (#15496710)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by drakonka on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:43AM (#15497914)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by tmaly on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:07AM (#15491530)
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

Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by thetest3r on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:58AM (#15491441)
EFF. Their work is extremely relevant to those in the tech industry.
Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by wallace_f on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:07AM (#15491529)
To everyone
Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by staticdynamic on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @07:09AM (#15498155)
Uchira children's fund (uchirachildrensfun.wordpress.com)- a small charity run by a genuinely nice guy who does a lot of great work
Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by mabynogy on Thursday October 19, 2017 @03:03PM (#15510654)
Only religious charities (any religion).
Re:Ask HN: What charities do you donate to? by eb0la on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:53AM (#15491400)
Unicef, Greenpeace, Doctors without borders.