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Ask HN: Where did you donate money in 2018?
The year is reaching its end and many people feel its the best time to donate money. If you donated money, which organization received it in 2018?
- favorited 8y agoIn terms of charities: The Jimmy Fund (http://www.jimmyfund.org http://www.jimmyfund.org) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (https://www.stjude.org https://www.stjude.org) Feeding America (https://www.feedingamerica.org https://www.feedingamerica.org) I gave to some political causes as well, but the value of those are far more subjective.
- myroon5 8y agogivewell.org
- rwieruch 8y agoI make the start: Big Brother Mouse [0] in Vietnam - [0] http://www.bigbrothermouse.com http://www.bigbrothermouse.com
- sgjohnson 8y agohttps://mises.org https://mises.org
- mtmail 8y agohttps://www.hotosm.org/ https://www.hotosm.org/ "humanitarian action and community development through open mapping"
- factorialboy 8y agoIsha Foundation
- dkoston 8y ago- Doctors with Borders (https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3628 https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...) - Wikimedia Foundation (https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...) - Houston Food Bank (https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5673 https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...) - American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3247 https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...) - Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance (https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8037 https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summar...) - A small dog rescue in Houston - A small charity for women who are victims of sex trafficking in Austin I also supported a number of projects (like Homebrew) via Patreon and Humble Bundle though those were not charitable contributions.
- brett-jackson 8y agoI donated to my hometown's charity to buy Christmas gifts for children in my town who live in poverty.
- codyb 8y agoCheetah Conservation Fund, Oxfam, International Anti-Poaching Foundation, Human Rights Campaign, Thirteen, SUNY University at Buffalo. Respectively https://cheetah.org https://cheetah.org https://oxfam.org https://oxfam.org https://iapf.org https://iapf.org https://hrc.org https://hrc.org https://thirteen.org https://thirteen.org https://www.buffalo.edu https://www.buffalo.edu
- openplatypus 8y ago- FSFE https://fsfe.org https://fsfe.org - NOYB https://noyb.eu https://noyb.eu - Unicef
- sqs 8y agoHack Club - high school coding clubs https://hackclub.com https://hackclub.com
- dbla 8y agoFairVote https://www.fairvote.org/ https://www.fairvote.org/
- pisteoff 8y agoMy local trail building and mountain bike advocacy group.
- jolmg 8y agoI made my first donation to Wikipedia this year. Now that you got me thinking about it, I should donate to Internet Archive (archive.org), too. I just went to archive.org right now and they apparently have a fundraiser going. Somehow, donations are being matched 2-to-1 so a $5 donation results in them receiving $15. It doesn't say who's providing the other $10, but it seems like a good time to help the Internet Archive.
- verdverm 8y agoKuvo.org (jazz public radio)
- atilimcetin 8y agoWikipedia and Internet Archive
- tracker1 8y agoElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - https://www.eff.org/ https://www.eff.org/
- mystickphoenix 8y agoColorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery, 501c3 non-profit organization (https://co4x4rnr.clubexpress.com/content.aspx https://co4x4rnr.clubexpress.com/content.aspx) Full disclosure, I'm a dues-paying member and active volunteer. They basically provide Search and Rescue (SAR) "lite" and vehicle recovery on Colorado Forest Service roads and Jeep trails free of charge. They try very hard to not compete with either traditional SAR teams or commercial towing services and instead fill a gap between the two. Having personally been on 60+ missions over the past two years, they're doing incredibly good work helping people out on their worst day, reducing the burden on traditional SAR teams, and in more than a few cases saving lives. At least 50% of the missions I've been on have been people that simply got in over their head and didn't know what to do. Being able to get them and their vehicle home is a fantastic feeling. edit: A lot of SAR teams are self-funded or funded via grant money that can disappear, so if you can donate to a local team please do. They desperately need the funding to continue doing the work of saving lives
- bliblah 8y agoIf you wish to donate but have doubts about the effectiveness or transparency of many "charitable" organizations I recommend the following website to help guide your ultimate choice: https://www.givewell.org/ https://www.givewell.org/
- tomjen3 8y agoThat measures only direct results, though. An organization that teaches others to read and write may have a much bigger impact, if they teaches one person who then goes on to do something massive.
- shoo 8y agoclimate activism -- 350.org
- jdhn 8y agoThe ALS Association. I donated because ALS is a horrible disease that has so few treatment options despite the fact that a lot of research has been done. Having your muscles waste away to nothingness is a fate that nobody should be doomed to.
- reaperducer 8y agoCatholic Charities St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Salvation Army A local pet food bank
- mkaziz 8y agoIslamic Relief is my go-to. They are focusing on the tragedy in Myanmar that folks don't get a lot of visibility on.
- seibelj 8y agoLiberty in North Korea https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/ https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/ They have an Underground Railroad of safe houses to smuggle people out of NK. Then they resettle and provide support. Finally they film documentaries of their life in SK, put them on USB sticks, and smuggle that back into NK to spread discontent and undermine the system.
- thatoneuser 8y agoWow that’s awesome. It says “100% of your donation will help a North Korean refugee reach freedom.” To me there’s some wiggle room for “our 200k salary is a necessary part of freedom.” Not trying to be bleak or accusations, but any idea how much of this is skimmed off the top? At any rate, $3,000 to get a person out of the country and going in South Korea doesn’t seem like a bad cost, just curious how it all funnels through.
- Kevin_S 8y agoTypically non profits will advertise this type of thing, essentially a program ratio of 100%. This is positively correlated with total donations. Usually the way to work around this is to have a large benefactor that agrees to use their funds for overhead/admin/advertising, and then they can say 100% of your donations goes to programs. A sort of necessary pain for non profits because a "bad" program ratio costs them donations.
- magwa101 8y agoEJI
- drakonka 8y agoI donated to The Good Food Institute, The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, and the Nonhuman Rights Project.
- e9 8y agohttps://teamrubiconusa.org/ https://teamrubiconusa.org/
- Arqu 8y agoI rarely just straight out drop money for some large group or cause but rather prefer to do something closer to me. Usually if there is an opportunity to directly support the cause I do it. It manifests mainly in 2 ways. 1) I participate in the event and pay a fee 2) I know the local population and people in need and donate both cash and in items/food directly Neither is for any gain but seeing it first hand is such a great experience that you're inclined to do more. I usually advise people to take care of issues locally first. I also support the cause of supporting remote regions and less covered issues when I travel to such places. Don't want to just give money and "be done" with it - there's more to the cause and a nice conversation can also go a long way.
- jf22 8y ago- Wikipedia - Khan Academy - Black Girls Code - Ng Girls - Dot Net Rocks (.net podcast) (not exactly a donation but I get nothing in return)
- msencenb 8y agoDynamicland https://dynamicland.org/ https://dynamicland.org/
- andy_wrote 8y agoI haven't made the donation yet for 2018, but I make donations every year right at year's end to at least these two charities: - Doctors Without Borders - Direct Relief Global health problems is where I'm most interested in donating money. I split my money between those two primarily to have a little diversification from idiosyncratic risks to a single operation. These occupy the vast majority of my charitable giving. I give or have given in the past much smaller amounts to a smattering of other charities: Wikimedia, Give Directly, ACLU, Planned Parenthood, Lambda Legal, Girls Who Code. Also: I'm an avid crossword solver, and over the last year or two some puzzle constructors, as a way of doing good, have started offering packets of crosswords in exchange for donations to a cause. The original, I believe, was Francis Heaney's Puzzles for Progress http://puzzlesforprogress.francisheaney.com/ http://puzzlesforprogress.francisheaney.com/ for broadly progressive causes, but I have also seen Queer Qrosswords https://queerqrosswords.com/ https://queerqrosswords.com/ for LGBTQ charities and Women of Letters https://www.pattivarol.com/women-of-letters/ https://www.pattivarol.com/women-of-letters/ for feminist charities. If it tips you over the edge to donate, do it and go get some puzzles!
- wgj 8y agoIf you're in Washington State, consider: https://foodlifeline.org/ https://foodlifeline.org/ https://www.northwestharvest.org/ https://www.northwestharvest.org/ They both have a very high rating: https://www.charitynavigator.org https://www.charitynavigator.org
- curiousgal 8y agoYears ago, I was a poor college student in a Third World country. A Redditor sent me a copy of Godel Escher Bach and it literally changed my life. Don't overlook giving directly.
- skullum 8y agohow were you two connected? I'd love to participate in something like that.
- curiousgal 8y agoI posted in r/GEB asking about the book and he just offered to send me a copy. It was surreal and beyond inspiring.
- skullum 8y ago- wikipedia - eff - signal
- olodus 8y agoHealth in Harmony - saving rain forest with local community-lead projects.
- dr_teh 8y agoI gave around $10 to the FSF (in person), and donate all my old clothes to local homeless shelters. I prefer charity to be done directly. Otherwise, I can't really see what is going on with the money.
- miranda_rights 8y agoI donated $20 to the Internet Archvie and $20 to the animal rescue that took in animals after the Chico Fire. I'm also a member of the EFF. In hindsight, this isn't a ton of money :/
- chillacy 8y agoI set up a reoccurring donation of 10$ a paycheck to the EFF, it’s not much but it adds up, especially with company donation matching.
- animesh 8y agoI have setup a monthly donation to Mozilla foundation / firefox and I highly urge and encourage you to do so.
- feistypharit 8y agoFeeding America EFF Plus several local nonprofits: Grand rapids red project Grand rapids pride center (Others I forget)