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Re:The Greatest Good: What is the best charitable cause in t... by melling on Friday June 19, 2015 @08:57PM (#9748504)
Americans gave $358 billion in philanthropy last year.

https://philanthropy.com/interactives/giving-usa-2015

A trillion dollars every 3 years. Simply trying to make every dollar more effective would go a long way. We probably need fewer, but more effective charities, for example. Identify the best ways to fund medical research.

Re:The Greatest Good: What is the best charitable cause in t... by _0ffh on Saturday June 20, 2015 @08:24AM (#9749791)
You mean, like, precisely not stuff like this: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-...

On a more constructive note, I have a rather high opinion of Doctors Without Borders.

(I know that negativity in comments is discouraged, but I hope I'll get away with this.)