Charity Navigator VS Liberapay

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Charity Navigator mentions (40)

• Charities are a scam (it took mrbeast to build dozens of wells in Africa)

  Someone doesn't know how to use charitynavigator.org. Source: 6 months ago

• Common Bible Belt W

  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: 12 months ago

• Chicago Salary Transparency Thread!

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

• Am I in the wrong? Preschool tax benefits

  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

• Would you like to help with the migrant and refugee influx and also potentially earn some holiday dollars?

  ******** 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

Liberapay mentions (28)

• Bountysource Stole at Least $17,000 from Open Source Developers

  Reminder that librapay exists, and their developers are only paid from user donations, just like anyone else on the platform. https://liberapay.com/ (I only wish their CC costs could be reduced a bit to make micropayments viable). - Source: Hacker News / 11 days ago

• Nextcloud and OpenBSD = <3

  I don't think they want your money, not unless you are an enterprise costumer. But feel free to donate to another open source project: https://liberapay.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Mastodon founder says investors lining up since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover | Mastodon

  I often see links to Liberapay and Open Collective (Liberapay even has an official Mastodon account). Source: over 1 year ago

• The Asymmetry of Open Source: "Users need open source projects, but open source projects do not need users"

  It seems a little suspicious that the person sharing those posts isn't building an open platform himself -- why not make it more open /u/paydevs ? I think Liberapay is a great way to spontaneously pay OSS developers. I'm not opposed to paydevs.com (as far as they're showing), but I encourage increasing transparency and openness, as is I don't feel confident supporting the platform. I think individuals, governments... Source: over 1 year ago

• The problems of working on Open-Source, summarized by Benjamin Lupton (500m monthly downloads)

  This doesn't seem to mention liberapay (and patreon which funds developers directly. Source: over 1 year ago