Before this war I had a setup on givedirectly.org to donate little bit to the poorest people on earth in west Afrika, before realizing this money when donated to dictatorships is indirectly ends up in the dirty pockets of some dictators or terrorists like wagner group and impact of this kind of donation is very limited and long term consequences of it might not even be beneficial at all. Source: almost 1 year ago

You should definitely help random strangers! Do it by contributing money to stop malaria, or whatever the current top charity on http://givewell.org is. That helps far more people with far more efficiency than giving money directly to someone you pass on the street (and if you want to give money directly to people who need it, there’s also http://givedirectly.org, which does exactly that (and was also in... Source: about 1 year ago

Okay, thanks. And do you think this holds true even as I played for a few hours on the new patch? Btw, thank you so much for this amazing work! I'm really mind blown :) I saw that you dont want donations, so I'll donate 50$ to givedirectly.org instead! Because this has given me even more enjoyment than the original game. Source: about 1 year ago

For example, $40/month is already a decent level for a person in many African countries. This fund provides directly this sum to one person givedirectly.org. Source: over 1 year ago

In general I love the concept of "just give cash", Donated a decent amount of givedirectly.org etc., but here I don't think it solves anything. The key negative of prepayment meters is they are MUCH more expensive per unit than normal pricing, right? It's about removing that unfairness primarily. Source: over 1 year ago

Someone doesn't know how to use charitynavigator.org. Source: 8 months ago

You might also check http://charitynavigator.org . They do a good job of evaluating charities in terms of how they spend the funds they collect and how effective they are. Source: about 1 year ago

I was going off my research. I always check charitynavigator.org before donating. Source: over 1 year ago

At least confirm on charitynavigator.org that had at some point filed for a tax exemption. You can look up using https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ to see how recently they filed a tax return. Source: over 1 year ago

******** the end of their note ******* My commentary: I share this in the spirit of connecting those who can help with those who need it. Not every charity or organization listed may be for you and that's ok. Not everything is for everyone. If you are contributing money please always consider checking charitynavigator.org before donating. But what about (instert my cause here)? This is not to say any one cause... Source: over 1 year ago