Executive summary: This guide comprehensively covers key considerations, best practices, and resources for individual donors looking to donate money effectively. It targets US-based moderate- to high-effort donors planning to give small to large amounts.
Key points:
Careful planning and following best practices can greatly improve donation impact and amount given over time.
Consider why and how much to give based on personal costs and opportunities to have more impact.
Learn practical donation skills like tax optimization, employer matching, and avoiding fees.
Follow experts or do thorough independent research to decide where to allocate based on your values.
If deferring, pick evaluators and funds wisely and develop basic philosophical grounding.
For independent decisions, thoroughly investigate values, empirical questions, uncertainty handling, cause areas, and impact types.
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Executive summary: This guide comprehensively covers key considerations, best practices, and resources for individual donors looking to donate money effectively. It targets US-based moderate- to high-effort donors planning to give small to large amounts.
Key points:
Careful planning and following best practices can greatly improve donation impact and amount given over time.
Consider why and how much to give based on personal costs and opportunities to have more impact.
Learn practical donation skills like tax optimization, employer matching, and avoiding fees.
Follow experts or do thorough independent research to decide where to allocate based on your values.
If deferring, pick evaluators and funds wisely and develop basic philosophical grounding.
For independent decisions, thoroughly investigate values, empirical questions, uncertainty handling, cause areas, and impact types.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.