Pick My Last Charity for the Year

I vote for Child's Play or maybe Donor's Choose.

I vote that a_skeleton_03 walks in front of a truck as charity to humanity.

The Animal Pad - Kentucky

Kentucky "Blue Grass" literacy.We've seen plenty of evidence that it's needed, Suin. Help Kentucky. Help the board.

Make a donation to Make-a-Wish in the name of every person who shit on the Batkid thread.

McCheese_sl said:

Make a donation to Make-a-Wish in the name of every person who shit on the Batkid thread.

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^ seconded

Pay for wizardhawk's dental surgery and or cremation

I'm partial to genetic disease related ones myself - I believe Child's Play does specialize in childhood genetic diseases primarily though, right?

Genetic ddiseases are the worst and kids should never be burdened with the costs - and are generally going to be the most aappreciative.

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate

because no one else can do what they do.

GiveDirectly-- because almost all other charities are worthless and refuse to take part in proper impact evaluation to see whether anything they do actually creates value. (edit: Doctors Without Borders is a notable exception. They also have the integrity to ask people NOT to donate to them during certain crises, because there's nothing they can do with the additional money beyond what they're already doing. Unlike many other organizations that use it as fundraising opportunity.)

In terms of outcomes, simply giving people money with no strings attached seems to perform significantly better than anything else. It's the latest craze in development econ and they seem to have a very efficient way of getting money to the right people.

Also, it's unlikely an organization like this will get a big share of the charitable contribution pie. People don't trust the poor to make good choices and love paternalistic organizations that make choices for them. Something like buying a goat that forces people into a business that leads to virtually no profit and no opportunity for growth. Makes the donor feel good, but leaves the recipient worse off than if he had simply received cash.

gogusrl_sl said:

Heifer International | Charity Ending Hunger And Poverty

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My wife used to donate to these guys, but when I looked into them... well, good intentions but not a well thought out system.