My mother has been giving through Kiva for years. It's micro loans. She gives, gets paid back, and gives again.

https://www.kiva.org/

Anonymous wrote:https://givedirectly.org/

They just give money to extremely poor people in Africa. The people use if for their greatest need: Adding a roof to their house, buying livestock, investing in a sewing machine, paying school bills, and so on.

Many recipients explain what they used it for here: https://live.givedirectly.org/

A long article here:

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/07/541609649/how-to-fix-poverty-why-not-just-give-people-money

Thanks for sharing!

I give money to an orphanage in Bolivia. There's almost no overhead. $250 can fund a staff person to take care of little babies.
http://www.salomonkleinkidsfund.org

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Small charities! Typically don't make things like the Catalog for Philanthropy (which then get tons of gifts because people read them). Any small nonprofit -- $1MM or less, your gift will make a huge difference!

I work at a nonprofit with $1 MM revenue and we would dearly love another $3K donor -- that is major donor territory for us!

What charity do you work for?

I don't want to identify myself on DCUM...there are only ten or so of us! But we are a small environmental group, not one of the biggies (NRDC, EDF, WWF...they don't need the small gifts).

I agree to look for a small, local charity or non-profit. My huge non-profit is mostly funded by USG grants. I wouldn't donate my $$ to them, even though they do good work. My relative works for a local film festival though (501c3) and I've seen what they do on a shoe string budget, so I would probably give to them, or some other charity that does music education outreach, or maybe the DC diaper bank. Good luck!

23:12 posting again -- forgot to say that TPE is in the Catalog for Philanthropy.

Traveling Players Ensemble -- a small non-profit theater program for kids in DC/MD/VA. $3,000 to $5,000 would make a major difference and you would be invited to the annual brunch for Ensemble Level Donors with the founder of TPE.

I don't think 3 to 5k is a small amount! But look at local food pantries and teen shelters who can really use every dollar, or Project Night Night where you can see that your donation buys x gifts to homeless kids.

Anonymous wrote:Charity Water doesn't need your money.

OP, talk a little more about your values and passions. Do you want to make a difference for people here at home, or internationally? Is lifting people out of poverty most important to you, or are there health & wellness issues you'd like support? Or are you more concerned about animal welfare? Or furthering the arts? So many ways to do good.

Why doesn’t Charity Water need donations?

Anonymous wrote:Small charities! Typically don't make things like the Catalog for Philanthropy (which then get tons of gifts because people read them). Any small nonprofit -- $1MM or less, your gift will make a huge difference!

I work at a nonprofit with $1 MM revenue and we would dearly love another $3K donor -- that is major donor territory for us!

What charity do you work for?

Small charities! Typically don't make things like the Catalog for Philanthropy (which then get tons of gifts because people read them). Any small nonprofit -- $1MM or less, your gift will make a huge difference!

I work at a nonprofit with $1 MM revenue and we would dearly love another $3K donor -- that is major donor territory for us!

A spay/neuter program. Manyfold effects over time.


https://www.awla.org/services/low-cost-spayneuter/

http://hsfc.org/low-cost-spay-neuter-and-wellness/

http://animalleaguewellness.org/donate/

http://www.spay.org