Services
Find Charity Projects
Visit Global Giving to learn about charity projects throughout the world that are helping people and communities with education, health care and environmental support. The site allows you to make a donation to the project of your choice.
Directly Provide Individual Assistance
Visit Global Impact if you want to directly help a person and want to have a local organization assist you. A local organization provides logistical support for moving the funds and reduces risk from unintended consequences. They have partner organizations throughout the world.
Provide a Microfinancing Loan
Visit Kiva to provide a microfinancing loan to help a low-income or unemployed person from anywhere in the world start a business and become self-sufficient.
Manage Your Donations
Visit Networkforgood.org to make your donations, and get all of your deductible receipts, in one place – and maybe cut your charities’ processing fees too.
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Evaluate Charity Organizations
Visit Charity Navigator to find out if a charity is legitimate and effective. Type its name in the search box and you’ll see a star rating. Three stars or above means the organization has low overhead and is financially sound. No rating? The charity may not have 501(c)(3) status (so your donation may not be deductible), it may not really exist, or it may be too new or small for Charity Navigator to have rated. One nice feature of the site is that it will give recommendations for higher-rated charities (if any) that do similar work to the one you’re checking out.
Visit Guidestar to evaluate a charity.
Also, visit GiveWell, Philanthropedia and GreatNonprofits.
