I stopped donating. The reason for that was simple it became harder to have a continuous flow of income when I was finishing my master’s. Now when I am finally labeled as an Ing. I want to continue with my generous spending.
When I started donating money in early 2021 my reasons were mostly based on Utilitarian calculus. I felt that the marginal utility I get from the additional spending is unjustifiable when considering the global scale of suffering and existential risks. I am less utilitarian in my views nowadays, but still, this calculation plays an important role in my behavior. The question is how to effectively donate to charities now after almost 2 years and what shall be the recipients of my donations?
Which platform to use?
I want to be able to track my donations effectively and see some basic metrics for selfish reasons. Additionally, I want to give as much of my money as possible to charity, which means that the transfer should be with minimal fees.
I used every.org in the past and gave some more using givingwhatwecan.org. Both platforms worked really well for my use case. I would use givingwhatwecan.org, but they are not tax-deductible in the Czech Republic, which means I can potentially give more for less money 💙. There is effektiv-spenden.org in Germany, which provides most of the effective charities in a way that is tax-deductible in Czechia and they provide charities I would send my money to either way.
How am I going to allocate my money?
I will start slowly and try to donate 7% recurrently from my pay-check and the allocation is going to be equally distributed between:
An additional 3% of my paycheck is going to be used for possible matching donation challenges (I will reroute all the money if it’s possible for that month to donate more).