For those wanting to help, I highly recommend Givewell[1]. I imagine many of HN readers are (were) also lesswrong readers. This article[2] gives you some insigh

For those wanting to help, I highly recommend Givewell[1]. I imagine many of HN readers are (were) also lesswrong readers. This article[2] gives you some insight how Givewell evaluates organizations that they support. [1] http://www.givewell.org/ http://www.givewell.org/ [2] http://lesswrong.com/lw/cbs/thoughts_on_the_singularity_institute_si/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/cbs/thoughts_on_the_singularity_inst...