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GiveDirectly is a nonprofit online donation service that sends unconditional cash transfers to people living in poverty. It is designed for donors who want recipients to decide how to use aid, with programs focused on low-income communities in multiple countries.
💡 Pick it if you want to compare and fund local projects across many causes and countries.
GlobalGiving is a crowdfunding platform for nonprofits and social entrepreneurs.
Fee-based
💡 Pick it if maximizing evidence-backed impact per dollar matters more than giving unrestricted cash.
GiveWell conducts in-depth research to determine how much good a given program accomplishes (in terms of lives saved, lives improved, etc.) per...
💡 Pick it if you want to support borrowers and potentially recycle repayments instead of making a grant.
Kiva is an online lending platform that connects lenders to entrepreneurs and small business owners around the world.
Free to use, with optional donations
💡 Pick it if you want donations tied to specific public-school classroom needs in the United States.
DonorsChoose is a platform for supporting public school projects.
Donors cover the project costs
💡 Pick it if you want to fund clean-water infrastructure and a focused global health mission.
Charity Water is a non-profit organization that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries.
Donation-based funding model
The Life You Can Save
💡 Pick it if you want curated effective-giving recommendations across several global poverty charities.
The Life You Can Save is a nonprofit giving platform that recommends effective charities addressing global poverty and health. It is for...
Free to use; donations vary
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