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Is there a way to give anonymously, such that I won't get spam from other charities who found out I gave to this one? I don't know if the ACLU does that, but l

Is there a way to give anonymously, such that I won't get spam from other charities who found out I gave to this one? I don't know if the ACLU does that, but literally every other charity I've ever given to has, and I value my data more than that.

rtkwe 6y ago
I do wish there was an I'm not interested in donating option for mailers or a list I could get on to say I'm not interested. One good thing about calls is at least you can get off the list, no option for that I've seen with mailer spam.
jedberg 6y ago
I'm not sure. But you can try to find a friend who is already donating and give them the money to donate for you. Or if you trust random internet stranger, you can Venmo/Zelle/PayPal me the money and I'll donate for you. I'm already on their list.
CGamesPlay 6y ago
I don't know if there's a way for you to give anonymously or not. Knowing how charities work in general, I doubt it (though there are ideas in sibling comments for workarounds). If there is not, please consider the sacrifice of your data as part of your donation. I hope you fairly weigh the cost of unwanted solicitations for donations showing up at your home versus the cost of unwanted police violence against citizens in their homes in Minnesota.
gpanders 6y ago
Create a card on privacy.com. You can use any name and billing address.
alecr95 6y ago
If you use gmail, you could use the real.email+somecharity@example.com strategy, then ignore emails sent to that specific extension.
- abenga 6y ago
  Isn't this probably trivial for the maintainer of the email list to clean up?
greyface- 6y ago
When you donate through a donor-advised fund[1], you have the option to make the donation anonymous to the recipient organization (but presumably not to financial surveillance systems and the IRS). Caveats: this only works for 501(c)(3) organizations, and DAFs often have donation minimums. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donor-advised_fund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donor-advised_fund
- dpeck 6y ago
  A friend of mine has a startup around something like a DAF for everyone. https://www.charityvest.org https://www.charityvest.org I don't have any association with the company other than knowing the founders. No endorsement other than that they're good folks who want to help people have an easier time giving.

rtkwe 6y ago

I do wish there was an I'm not interested in donating option for mailers or a list I could get on to say I'm not interested. One good thing about calls is at least you can get off the list, no option for that I've seen with mailer spam.

jedberg 6y ago

I'm not sure. But you can try to find a friend who is already donating and give them the money to donate for you. Or if you trust random internet stranger, you can Venmo/Zelle/PayPal me the money and I'll donate for you. I'm already on their list.

CGamesPlay 6y ago

I don't know if there's a way for you to give anonymously or not. Knowing how charities work in general, I doubt it (though there are ideas in sibling comments for workarounds). If there is not, please consider the sacrifice of your data as part of your donation. I hope you fairly weigh the cost of unwanted solicitations for donations showing up at your home versus the cost of unwanted police violence against citizens in their homes in Minnesota.

gpanders 6y ago

Create a card on privacy.com. You can use any name and billing address.

alecr95 6y ago

If you use gmail, you could use the real.email+somecharity@example.com strategy, then ignore emails sent to that specific extension.

abenga 6y ago
Isn't this probably trivial for the maintainer of the email list to clean up?

greyface- 6y ago

When you donate through a donor-advised fund[1], you have the option to make the donation anonymous to the recipient organization (but presumably not to financial surveillance systems and the IRS). Caveats: this only works for 501(c)(3) organizations, and DAFs often have donation minimums. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donor-advised_fund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donor-advised_fund

dpeck 6y ago
A friend of mine has a startup around something like a DAF for everyone. https://www.charityvest.org https://www.charityvest.org I don't have any association with the company other than knowing the founders. No endorsement other than that they're good folks who want to help people have an easier time giving.