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Ask Slashdot: Most Efficient, Worthwhile Charity?

Posted by timothy on from the cato-institute-of-course dept.

New submitter yanom writes "I'm thinking about making a holiday donation to a charity, but I'm not sure where to give it. I've looked at organizations such as the Red Cross and Village Reach that promote disaster relief and health in the developing world. I want my money to have the biggest possible impact, so where should I send it?"

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  1. Charity Navigator by XanC · · Score: 5, Informative

    Charity Navigator

    1. Re:Charity Navigator by infaustus · · Score: 5, Informative

      In a similar vein: http://www.givewell.org/charities/topcharities GiveWell does a very thorough job of vetting charities and evaluating their impact.

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    2. Re:Charity Navigator by abigor · · Score: 5, Informative

      Surely you are trolling: http://www.google.org/

  2. Salvation Army by trout007 · · Score: 5, Informative

    What I like about the Salvation Army is they operate under the principle that people will always donate and they spend the money as it is donated.

    The Red Cross and others seem to want to build a war chest so that when a big disaster hits they will be prepared. They take money from big events and hold some of it over for other operations. What bothers me about this is it seems like they don't trust people to donate when something happens.

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  3. Charity: Water gives 100% by viniosity · · Score: 5, Informative

    I give to Charity: Water. They've got a great proposition where 100% of your donations go directly to the field to fund water projects. They're also a tech saavy group of folks and try to prove that by providing GPS signals and photos of the project you funded. Administrative costs are covered separately by a group of benefactors (who understand they are solely paying for administrative costs).