False Charity

This is the time of year when people give to charity. As such people are probably thinking to whom to give. Should they give to the orphanage down the street, or to the anti-malaria campaign in Africa? Maybe they should give to an organization protecting the environment, or to the local alma mater.

But only one of those is actually doing a good dead. If you were good, you would put your money were it would do the most good. Any motivation other then that isn't actually good. So where should you put your money?

Until recently this was a very difficult question to answer. But thanks to there is an answer. GiveWell ranks charities according to the one metric that matters: will they be a good use of your donations? Not the donations in the past, but the one that is sitting in your pocket right now.

Give Well. Because if you haven't, you didn't actually give at all.