I’d love to know where people are directing their giving these days. I regularly support the National Network of Abortion Funds, the ACLU, the Transgender Law Center, and my local food shelf.
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Pollinator Friendly Alliance
CARE
Valley Outreach (local food shelf)
Marine Village School (local school that was shut down by the district and resurrected by the village)
Planned Parenthood
Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
ActBlue/Everytown for Gun Safety
WWOZ (New Orleans radio station)
KBEM (Twin Cities jazz station)
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)
We are atheists, but we proudly donate to a local church that runs a huge food bank, provides free vaccine clinics, housing assistance, shoes, toys, work clothes and more. People proudly following Jesus’ example and dedicating their lives to doing real good in the community.
Well said. And same here...our local food bank is run by a group of churches in town and I'm happy to support them.
This piece from Jeff Atwood about his family's giving plan is a good read. "Our family pledges half our remaining wealth toward an American Dream founded on love."
GiveWell prioritizes a research based list of top charities that is focused on saving as many lives as possible per dollar donated. Most of my contributions go here.
It's not exactly direct relief for people struggling, but giving Wikipedia and Archive.org a few bucks is worth doing.
ACLU
Southern Poverty Law Center
Republican Voters Against Trump
TurnUp
GiveDirectly
Current financial contributions include ACLU and MMRI.
Time contributions primarily include the food pantry at the local church, food related activities through the cooperative extension system (part of the state's land grab school), and the local and regional service club.
Among others: Audre Lorde Project and Sylvia Rivera Law Project (both NYC)
I am not LGBTQIA+, but so what.
Vermont Foodbank
VTDigger (local journalism)
Propublica
The Markup
Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF) (local/regional)
Inside Climate News
Data & Society Research Institute
Wikimedia
Adding a few not mentioned yet:
Good Food Institute
Mozilla
Signal
New Economy Project
Doctors without Borders
And a +1 on donating to local food banks, immigrant/refugee centers, and walkable/bikeable infrastructure groups in your community.
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