> If you want your donation to help, at least check sites like Charity Navigator and Give Well and make a smart donation instead of blindly venmoing the Red Cro

> If you want your donation to help, at least check sites like Charity Navigator and Give Well and make a smart donation instead of blindly venmoing the Red Cross to help them fight the war against "administrative fees." Then the title of the post should really be: "Be careful of the charities you give your money to because many have negative externalities and haven't thought through the implication of their missions very well and also waste a lot on administrative bloat". But that title won't get clicks Probably, charities which seek to alleviate poverty are just pissing in the ocean. They can have real impacts on people but not nearly the level of utility that the federal government can provide. But there are non-profits that do things that government simply can't or won't do, like removing landmines[1] and helping refugees escape communist countries[2]. Sometimes problems (like North Korea) are too politically sensitive for any government to want to tackle, and so it comes down to NGOs to do anything about it. [1] https://apopo.org https://apopo.org [2] https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/ https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/