CharityWatch VS GiveWell

Someone just invited me to give to a charity, so I thought I'd share the reminder to you, fellow rich non-tithing-payers, haha. https://charitywatch.org appears to be very thorough, sincere, and experienced since 1992. Source: over 1 year ago

It isn't baseless. Go look them up on charitywatch.org. You my friend are the one being lazy. Source: almost 2 years ago

Just keep in mind that many charitable groups are not that well-run, or even scammy themselves. There are good resources at places like givewell.org, and charitywatch.org, to get ratings on how effectively various charities use the money they raise. Source: about 2 years ago

That isn't true. You need to learn how to do accurate research in terms of non-profits. You can look all of this information up on charitynavigator.org or charitywatch.org. You should absolutely know how your donations are being used and be confident in your donations, but you should not get your information from internet memes and then continue to spread blatantly inaccurate information. Source: about 2 years ago

Charitywatch.org issued a report in 2019 that doesn't look too bad. Unless the org is blatantly lying about pulling salaries from the companies tax records, then the CEO made less than 7 figures. Some people might feel that is excessive and that people should run massive non-profits out of the goodness of their hearts, but I personally see no issue with using a high salary to attract the best person for the job. I... Source: about 2 years ago

GiveDirectly is a great org that’s working in data driven experimental way to identify effective ways to donate. I’ve donated to them for years. In a similar vein is GiveWell, https://givewell.org/, who research and identify the top charities to donate to to maximize dollar impact. Their mission is to simplify giving by just telling you a very small number of orgs, removing any need for analysis or choice.... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

When I donate to http://givewell.org , I don't care about the relative value they place on arms and legs. What I care about is avoiding pseudo-charities. You know, the ones that pop up in exposé articles every now and then where most of the money goes to marketing and admin, a tiny sliver goes to the actual cause, and then a clown car pulls up full of people who try to rationalize how this is actually a good... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Givewell.org. It is a charity evaluator which uses extensive research to investigate the best, most cost-effective ways to help people in the world today. They have their Top Charities Fund which supports the highest-priority funding needs among their Top Charities. They also have their All Grants Fund to fill the highest-impact funding opportunities they can find, whether those opportunities are top charities or... Source: 10 months 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: 10 months ago

I unfortunately don't think that the 45€ per month that I spend on my cryonics contract would be able to save the poor. Also, it's not an either or. I regularly donate to charities with good rating from givewell.org. I'm not giving every possible penny I have, but my guess is that neither are you buddy. Source: 11 months ago