David_Gerard comments on Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

46 Post author: lukeprog 10 July 2012 11:20PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 13 July 2012 08:44:06AM 7 points [-]

In general - never earmark donations. It's a stupendous pain in the arse to deal with. If you trust an organisation enough to donate to them, trust them enough to use the money for whatever they see a need for. Contrapositive: If you don't trust them enough to use the money for whatever they see a need for, don't donate to them.

Comment author: MatthewBaker 13 July 2012 06:01:02PM 2 points [-]

I never have before but this CPA Audit seemed like a logical thing that would encourage my wealthy parents to donate :)