Charitable Donations for Giving Tuesday
An Excerpt from a Potential OMM Gift Guide
When thinking about gifts… Consider a donation on behalf of someone you love.
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Charitable giving.
I recommend checking a charitable organization’s record on Charity Navigator. Sadly, sometimes the money is not going where you wish.
I recommend GiveWell and The Life You Can Save for high impact giving.
I’ve been giving micro loans through Kiva since 2009. I’ve developed my own system for giving through Kiva. This involves more time and careful consideration than traditional charitable donations. I’m by no means suggesting this is a preferable method. It’s another method.
I have a personal list of organizations that I like to give to (see below). Again, I’d suggest spending some time on Charity Navigator before making decisions.
I know it should go without saying… there are certain organizations that are going to need assistance as a result of Trump’s return to power.
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Ideas for support.
#1 – Charitable donations.
#2 – Support your local poets/writers.
#3 – Support your local visual artists.
#4 – Support your local musicians.
#5 – Support local arts programming. This could be theater, orchestra, ballet, opera—the institutions and programming that matter the most to you.
#6 – Support NPR and your local public radio stations. They may be about to get defunded.
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Support organizations that matter to you personally.
Here are organizations that it feels meaningful for me to support.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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I’ll be interested to hear who you support and why you believe the cause is important and urgent.