Charitable Organization Puns

I used to donate a fairly high percentage of my net income to charities (8-10%). But the other day I was in a meeting and our department United Way rep gave a great presentation, and I realized that my charitable giving these days doesn’t even equal 1% of gross income. I’ve moved a few times and lost contact with charities I used to support; changed jobs a few times and lost set payroll deductions; and also my personal values have changed—what I want to support now is very different than what I supported 10 years ago.

It was so fun to adjust my payroll deduction to support the United Way more, and also to plan which local and global charities I’ll contribute to this year. I’m now at 1% gross income charitable contributions, and next year I plan to raise that to 2%. Not sure what my ultimate goal is, percentage wise, but I’d like to keep increasing it and make long-term goals.

How do you approach charitable giving?

I love tracking my charitable impact, and I wanted to post it see what y'all thought and more importantly, to learn what yours is.

NOTE: I don't just believe in 100% malaria nets so in that way I am a "bad" effective altruist. I also believe in charities like Watsi where I can help one adult at a time, and I believe strongly in the inherent value of the rainforest/tree planting, and have picked the most effective charity I know of for each.

My Year-End Charity Impact:

• Acres of Rainforest Protected through the Rainforest Trust: 723 (for context, Central Park is 843 acres).

• Number of anti-malarial bednets distributed: 721. Since many children have a younger sibling they share the net with, this will help to protect 1,081 kids from malaria for 2-4 years. Super proud of this.

• Number of trees planted through Eden Projects: 1,216

• Number of surgeries paid for through Watsi: 1, restoring the voice of a Ugandan villager.

• Number of Children cured of blindness through the Seva Foundation: 1

• Number of children in Mali vaccinated against 9 common childhood diseases: 61 children through the Oulessabougou Alliance. One in ten children in Mali dies before the age of five of preventable diseases. Vaccines include DTAP, TB, measles, yellow fever, etc.

• Number of children given deworming tablets through Sightsavers: 654

• Number of children provided with a year of food-based micronutrient supplements through Project Healthy Children: 77 children

• Number of prosthetic legs I paid to have shipped to the Gambia through Legs4Africa: 10

• Years of training expenses for a rat that sniffs for land mines through APOPO: 1. Statistically speaking in one year that rat will successfully remove 1 landmine! Not effective enough, never donating here again.

• Years of high school paid for for a girl in Malawi: 1 through Camfed. Will probably pay for another 1 year every year for the next 3 years so I can say I (through donor illusion) supported a girl in Malawi through high school. This is not a particularly robust donation but I believe strongly in the power of educating girls and will only donate the 4 years.

• Number of pounds of plastic trash removed from the ocean: 35 (Literal drop in a bucket, but put another way, that is 1,400 water bottles or 17,500 straws).

PLEASE post yours below!

This applies to America. Please check you own domestic laws.

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I hope this is useful to someone. Happy New Years, everyone!

I’m familiar with Linus and Valor, but who else likes to revive them?

Looking for suggestions for a local charity to donate to this time of year. This year I’d like to focus on helping children. I sometimes feel like my donation is a drop in the bucket for charities that get funding from government or large donors, so I’m kind of looking for a smaller organization that would really appreciate the money, if that makes sense. Anything come to mind? (Or is my reasoning not sound?)

Just kidding. This is Howard Stern we're talking about.

I was looking for a job on indeed, and a very vague description came up under Crunchbox for someone who could work in a team, was motivated, etc. I looked them up and there was no info on their website, and I couldn't even tell what I was applying for, however I was desperate and went for it. In the first interview I realized it was door to door canvassing, and they mostly just wanted to get to know me. In the second interview they told me the pay was $80/day (12-8), but if I were to get 1-6 donations/wk. I'd make the money back, 7-9 I'd make 1.5x back, and if it was over 10 donations that week I'd make double the amount off of them. However, they failed to tell me if I did not get at least 1 donation a day, I would not get commission. Also, we're signing people up for a monthly program with a minimum donation of $20, not just one time donations. They gave me the job, and on my first day they told me they "made a mistake" in the interview and the base pay is actually $60/day, therefore $7.50/HOUR, keep in mind this is in CDN$ and the minimum wage here is $14.25. I started doing door to door canvassing for GFD in the Summer of 2021, when the hottest recorded temperatures in Canada were rolling through. At first, I was really excited about my job, getting exercise, raising money for charity, and making solid money for myself. There is the possibility of making good money in this career, as the commission rates are good. I also had a team of (seemingly) upbeat and positive people around me. This job is commission based, and because I wasn't getting enough people to sign up to give $20/month to a hospital (employees of which told me donations are just for profit), I was getting paid $7.50/hr to walk around in the blazing heat. As someone with epilepsy and brain damage, it ended up triggering hallucinations and seizures. I would have partial seizures in my hands, feel like passing out, or be seeing things and my managers would continue to work on making their own profit, leaving me alone in the street. I once had an hour long seizure at my job due to the heat. Because of the nature of this job, I was illegible for unemployment/EI, and could not get compensated for the time I shouldn't have been working because of my disability. My managers told me the pay was $7.50/hr if I wasn't meeting the quota because the charities would lose money. However, that is NOT TRUE. Every $20 donation I would get, my manager would make about $100 off of (I'm lowballing here), pr

As the title states I am looking for an NGO which builds schools in Cambodia. I thought I found one on google, but the website appears dated. I would be most grateful if any members who are familiar with such an organization would please post their reply. Thank you.

I once came across a charity which built schools throughout Cambodia and that struck me as something I would like to do. My parents believed in education and I thought that dedicating a school after them would be fitting. If someone knows of such an organization I would be most grateful if they could post it. Thank you.

In the spirit of the season, Ursula’s Twitter accounts (@ursulakleguin and @ursulaleguin) have been highlighting some of her favorite charitable organizations: https://twitter.com/ursulakleguin/status/1466529500276027396?s=21 (full list is on her website at https://www.ursulakleguin.com/tributes)

I think it’s a wonderful way (pointing them out and/or giving in her name) to honor her. Her estate does a lovely job managing those accounts.

Airbnb just sent me a request to host refugees from Afghanistan in one of my units from now until the end of the year.
They sent a long messege, and did not mention payout at all.
I've read the policy, and it also does not mention payment.
Am I to guess they are asking me to host refugees for free?
I have a heart, but I will not allow my heart to financially ruin me.

Has anyone been asked directly from Airbnb. Are they paying? At what rate?
Would you host refugees for free?
Looking forward to hearing from the rest of the host community.

Preferably a canadian based organization in the GTA?

I'm considering setting up a Donor-Advised Fund in the future. There are a number of threads on the relative benefits of DAFs to donors, and I think I appreciate most, if not all, of them. But it hasn't been as clear whether or not these funds are as favorable for the recipients.

From past commentary, I see two possible downsides for them:

• Spreading Out Donations: First, based on comments online, DAFs seem to encourage donors to spread out their donations over time. While it seems nice to be able to donate a smaller amount annual, I'm not sure that's true in practice. In this case a) I no longer receive a subsequent deduction in subsequent periods, b) the charity is worse off because they receive money over an extended period of time rather than immediately when it's most valuable, and c) donations will be anonymous so they'll have no idea whether or not I'm continuing to donate in the future.
• Fee Structure: Second, it seems like charitable organizations generally pay relatively high fees to liquidate the funds, which is great for the administrator (and me, who is presumably subsidized) but not great for the efficiency of the donation.

Assuming I'm trying to maximize impact, can anyone share a perspective here? Are DAFs still the way to go? And is it preferable to fund the DAF and then fully disburse it?

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I am on the sidelines watching what's going on via news and social media. How can I help the most with monetary or item donations?

“Your donation will benefit Kars4Kids, a national organization dedicated to addressing the educational, material, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish children and their families [emphasis added].”

https://www.charitywatch.org/

If not, are there any partner support groups that welcome out of area members via video chat?