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Where Should I Donate?
Posted December 31, 2007
Today's the last day to make donations to charitable groups before the end of this tax year. It's always overwhelming to decide where to donate. Terri Gruca pointed me to Donors Choose.org, where you can fund classroom projects in Minnesota Schools. We all know about groups like March of Dimes and American Red Cross, but where else could we donate online to local charities? (Not local charity cases, Wayne.)
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22 Comments:
Springboard for the Arts, it helps local artists out of tough spots and make ends meet.
»» Submitted by »»» jodi at 10:34 AM on December 31
Donors Choose seems to be a pretty cool organization with limited overhead. There was a big drive for it a few months ago on ScienceBlogs, which I think is a really excellent group of blogs.
»» Submitted by »»» jeffk at 10:35 AM on December 31
Google sent me a Donor's Choose gift certificate for $100 a few weeks back, which introduced me to the site. Awesome programs. It's great to know exactly what your money is going to fund. In my case, I funded a math program at a South Minneapolis grade school.
»» Submitted by »»» edkohler at 10:37 AM on December 31
Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
»» Submitted by »»» mb21 at 10:42 AM on December 31
Also, Network for Good lets you search Minnesota Charities. We donated to Minnesota Crisis Nursery there.
I'm also a fan of the downtown homeless shelter, People Serving People.
»» Submitted by »»» jderusha at 10:42 AM on December 31
great minds think alike, mb21.
»» Submitted by »»» jderusha at 10:43 AM on December 31
Jason, I volunteered there recently. Pretty cool place just trying to do right by kids that need it. I plan on doing more in the future.
Ed, that is a great donation!!
»» Submitted by »»» mb21 at 10:47 AM on December 31
Minnesota Helps bridge collapse fund.
»» Submitted by »»» jderusha at 10:55 AM on December 31
They say you should donate to charities you know. In spite of the fact that you all know me, please consider the ALAMN -- we are a very lean nonprofit, dollars donated here are spent on local programs to help clean up the air, help smokers who want to quit, and support research in lung cancer, asthma and COPD.
We also accept donations of vehicles and boats-- we get a lot this time of year. I donated my Sonoma pickup when I bought the Golf.
See more at www.lungmn.org
Me? In addition to ALAMN, I give to Heifers International, the American Cancer Society and TPT, to name a few.
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 11:16 AM on December 31
I gave to Hefner's International. Er, rather, I bought a copy of Playboy.
»» Submitted by »»» msparber at 11:18 AM on December 31
Closed circuit to Jason: will you be working on Wednesday morning? I'm meeting with Terri around 10 a.m. -- if you are in the studio, I'll stop by and say hi.
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 11:20 AM on December 31
Jesus heard that, Max!
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 11:21 AM on December 31
For the articles, Bob. For the articles.
»» Submitted by »»» msparber at 11:24 AM on December 31
I am a member of the Land Stewardship Project.
It is a MN based project that works to make farming more sustainable and local and aids farmers with small to mid sized farms.
»» Submitted by Mpls Simpleton at 11:25 AM on December 31
I think supporting the empire that keeps Kendra safe inside the Playboy Mansion instead of throwing her into the cold, cruel world is a very charitable thing.
»» Submitted by »»» josie at 11:28 AM on December 31
I know that group, Simpleton. A very good organization.
»» Submitted by »»» justpbob at 11:40 AM on December 31
Have you seen www.givewell.net? It's a new website that tries to help donors answer that question by researching, evaluating, and recommending the best charities. It was mentioned in the New York Times last week: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/20charity.html.
»» Submitted by Talia at 12:14 PM on December 31
I use Network for Good and donate a small amount monthly (doesn't hurt as much as doing it all at once at the end of the year) to the following:
My neighborhood organization - so they can continue working on making Corocoran a good place to live. Help those prostitutes!
Minnesota chapter of ALS for research - my aunt passed away of it last year.
Minnesota chapter of Arthritis Foundation - I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at 32 and it sucks!
»» Submitted by »»» ajb at 12:53 PM on December 31
Just a note: Someone from Givewell just spammed Metafilter. I don't know how they are as a Web page, but they don't really seem to have figured out the Internet. The consensus on the thread seems to be that they're pretty sketchy.
Wow, Givewell seems pretty shady. I'd avoid it like the plague.
»» Submitted by M at 2:40 PM on December 31
The Givewell thread did succeed in reminding me what charity is, and how much it means. The Red Cross saved my ass after Hurricane Katrina, and anyone who has received assistance from them knows the depth of their generosity and the immediacy and effectiveness of their assistance. I need to give more to them. I owe them, but not just because they helped me. Because they provide the assistance people need when they need it, and funding that is my debt to humanity.
Note the comment by Talia promoting Givewell is also spam, as noted here.
http://blog.givewell.net/?p=214
»» Submitted by Erich Riesenberg at 5:30 PM on January 12
»»» = registered user. click on it to see the user's profile.
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More and More on the Internet, Everyone Knows You’re a Dog: The most memorable sock-puppet of 2007 was John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, who was revealed last year to have used a pseudonymous identity for more than seven years on an online message board. Mackey was not the first executive (or ...
Talia?: O, no, please:. On Monday, Elie Hassenfeld communicated to the board that he posted a comment on December 31, 2007 related to GiveWell that was not under his own name. The comment was made under the name Talia and is linked here.
Updated: Statement from the GiveWell Board of Directors: On Monday, Elie communicated to the board that he posted a comment on December 31, 2007 related to GiveWell that was not under his own name. The comment was made under the name Talia and is linked here. In response to the actions by ...
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