Hello Fediverse! We’re reaching the end of the year, and each year I like to try and give a little bit back to support the causes I care about, and the organizations I rely on.
This year I want to do something a little different. In honor of the US denouncing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, I want to try and donate to causes spanning all 17 SDGs, and I’m looking for recommendations!
For reference, the SDGs are
- No poverty (SDG 1)
- Zero hunger (SDG 2)
- Good health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Quality education (SDG 4)
- Gender equality (SDG 5)
- Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6)
- Affordable and clean energy (SDG 7)
- Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8)
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)
- Reduced inequalities (SDG 10)
- Sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)
- Responsible consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Climate action (SDG 13)
- Life below water (SDG 14) (✓ - Reef Check Foundation)
- Life on land (SDG 15)
- Peace, justice, and strong institutions (SDG 16)
- Partnerships for the goals (SDG 17)
Some of my go-to charities tackle a few of these, e.g., my local food bank (SDG 1 & 2), Médecins Sans Frontières (SDG 3), Save The Manatee Club (SDG 14), Asante Africa Foundation (SDG 4 & 10), NPR & ACLU (SDG 16) but I want to hit all 17!
This is a new community, but if this post gains any traction I plan to donate $50 each to the top 5 suggested charities. Please share your recommendations, preferably along with which SDG you feel they align with.
donation notes:
- Will choose charities from top 5-ish unique comments.
- Must be registered 501c3.
- It’s my money so I’ll ignore any trolls/charities I’m morally opposed to.
- My employer matches giving so it’ll actually be $100 to each charity.
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Reef Check is the UN’s official coral reef monitoring program that I support after seeing so much coral damage in my travels and scuba diving. They also monitor and restore kelp forests.
Great recommendation!
Hot diggity dog!
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GiveDirectly is an interesting organization I have been following for a few years. It started as a research project to demonstrate that simply giving cash with no strings attached can be a very effective means of charitable giving. I like the idea of letting the recipients decide how best to use my donation, rather than me making assumptions about what they need. This could hit multiple SDG points, but you won’t know which ones.
Kiva is a similar organization, though they give zero-interest loans rather than grants.
I will note that both of these organizations pay their top executives over $400,000 per year. I have no idea what an appropriate salary should be for a CEO based in an expensive city like San Francisco or New York, but that feels a bit high to me.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/710992446
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/271661997
- rusoriz
