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Techno-Charities?
Beryllium Sphere(tm) asks: "Where can a nerd give away money to support nerdly causes like showing bright children that they have a future, putting humanity in space, giving nonprofits a web presence, or providing counseling for engineers who work in psychotic companies?
The Crypto Rights Foundation (http://www.cryptorights.org) is one example of what I'm asking for. They provide tech support for human rights organizations that use PGP.
What nerd-oriented charities are people willing to recommend?"
Or more specifically, the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, which promotes research on intelligence and intellectual giftedness.
donate to MENSA. an organisation devoted to furthering intelligence as its only mission.
There is a great deal being done in the world of educational technology - some schools really don't know how to get with the times and could probably use paid time of high-powered private consultants like big business uses. There are also many educational websites which you could check out. I work at one, and would be glad to tell you more about it, but won't plug it here. The US government has a commission of some sort on educational technology, though I don't recall their url.
'Most men would sooner die than think, and most men do.'
This question was just asked like a month or 2 ago
I'd say the EFF is a big one.. www.eff.org
They're going to be an extremely important part of decisions as to the future of technology rights..
my god man, do you really have nothing better to give your money away to - take a look around, there's rampant starvation, lack of medicines, food, disaster relief, etc. everywhere. I'm not anti-technology at all but I believe your money would be better spent saving a life, e.g. giving directly to a humanitarian organization for real world relief rather than online presence When it comes down to it: save a life, or help a nonprofit org have a site - your choice
Two wrongs don't make a right, three lefts do!
The Geek Corps are a group of geeks that go into third-world countries and help small businesses get on the internet. They train people, evaluate the businesses' needs, and assist in finding venture capital. Currently, they are in West Africa. They're always looking for volunteers and financial supporters, so you should take a look at them.