Coming up to Christmas I generally make some small donations. Some of these I ask for as Christmas gifts because I’m old and basically have very basic wants and needs so I’m hard to buy for.

Curious to hear if / what others do.

I’ve expanded my annual list to include:

  • Wikipedia
  • Lemmy.world (my home instance)
  • Mozilla (I’m not happy with how they spend their money necessarily but I’m very thankful to have Firefox)
  • Signal messenger
  • A few Ukrainian things (u24.gov.ua is the official site if this is your thing but there’s a great lady on Reddit I give to occasionally too)
  • The guardian (I read so many articles from there linked on here that I feel like I should and I really appreciate the lack of paywall and easy cookie rejection but never use the site logged in)
  • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
    14·
    5 months ago

    From what I’ve heard about Wikipedia’s finances they’re set for the foreseeäble and my money would be better used elsewhere.

    • ganymede@lemmy.ml
      31·
      5 months ago

      Here’s why knowing the above i still donate to wikipedia.

      Because we don’t want them to be in a position where they take money with strings attached. Imo its good for them to be reminded they serve the public first and foremost.

      • vatlark@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        Yeah, Wikipedia is such a stable and positive force in the internet and directly reaches so many people. It’s easy to take it for granted but the internet would be so much incredibly worse without it.

        I happily donate.

        I want any organization that has shown that much commitment to making the world better to be well supported.

  • tomi000@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 months ago

    I have a monthly recurring donation to the GiveWell Top Charities fund. GiveWell ranks charities by efficiency (i.e. impact per dollar) and distributes the funds donations to the most effective ones. Those include fighting malaria, world hunger, child blindness,…

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 months ago

    I donate to my local food bank. I worked in their hydroponics garden a few years ago and saw how much work goes into providing food for the needy. They need all the help they can get.

    I also donate time and energy and a bit of money on a specific horse at the stables I volunteer at. She’s an old mare with an owner who doesn’t give a shit about her. Nobody really does anything with her other than me and another person, and that other person only lets her out to graze. I exercise the horse, groom her, give her lots of attention, and I got her a winter blanket recently.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    I can’t afford to help anyone besides the people closest to me. And even then it’s generally with my time and effort, not fiat currency.

    Food banks to. Infrequent food donations no money. Especially after covid as I had made a “pandemic stash” in case I got sick so I didn’t get others sick going to the grocery store.

  • dance_ninja@lemmy.world
    4·
    5 months ago

    I like doing my donations on Giving Tuesday.

    My list includes:

    • Medito

    • Signal

    • Mozilla

    • Wikipedia

    • Khan Academy

    • Lemmy instance

    • Mastodon

    • Local NPR station

    • Local animal shelter

    • ACLU

    • Propublica

    • SPLC

    • Planned Parenthood

  • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Money

    • My local NPR station
    • InRangeTV

    Time

    • Wikipedia

    I don’t have a lot to give. If I did, I would also include:

    • Linux Mint
    • GIMP
    • Darktable
    • Inkscape
    • Open Medicine Foundation
    • Election Science
    • LibreOffice
    • zirk.us
    • midwest.social
    • Strong Towns