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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's two websites that recommend charities with evidence of high impact:

https://www.givedirectly.org/
https://www.impactm.org/[/quote]

As you said, you want to "make a real difference in the world." There are many, many charities where your money could help, but when you are donating substantial amounts of money, you really want to make sure that it's being well-used and doing the most good it can.

This is the motivation behind the "effective altruism" movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism). I'd encourage you to take some time to read some of the detailed articles at GiveWell , which is an organization dedicated to evaluating charities. Traditional charities looks at things like overhead and people served. GiveWell (and similar organizations) try to actually evaluate how much the donation helps people.

We give substantially (very low 5 figures) to Give Directly. (For context, we are very rich by generally standards, but middle class by DCUM standards - two well-paid federal employees). The donations to GiveDirectly really make a difference, as shown both through their analytic research and through the examples at https://live.givedirectly.org/

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