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jkaufman comments on I just increased my Altruistic Effectiveness and you should too - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: AABoyles 17 November 2014 03:45PM

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Comment author: jkaufman 17 November 2014 07:40:47PM 8 points [-]

It does depend on how much you're giving. Handling checks requires some overhead in terms of time for the recipient. For example, GiveWell suggests that people sending them less than $1,000 do so via credit card and above that via check.

Comment author: AABoyles 17 November 2014 08:10:03PM 2 points [-]

Ow, good point. Thanks for the GiveWell Link.