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Comment author: Artaxerxes 01 December 2014 04:29:53PM *  14 points [-]

GiveWell's top charities updated today. Compared to previous recommendations, they have put Against Malaria Foundation back on the top charities list (partial explanation here), and they have also added an "Other Standout Charities" section.

Comment author: tog 01 December 2014 09:45:37PM 5 points [-]
Comment author: Metus 01 December 2014 04:38:33PM 4 points [-]

Also note that there is information on tax-deductibility of donations outside of the U.S. on that site. If you are paying a lot of income tax you might be able to get some money back, donate even more or some combination of those two.

Comment author: tog 01 December 2014 09:56:35PM 5 points [-]

Even more easily, you can visit this interactive tool I made and it'll tell you which charities are tax-deductible or tax-efficient in your country, and give you the best links to them. It also has a dropdown covering 18 countries, including some in which tax-efficient routes are far from obvious.

Comment author: Metus 01 December 2014 10:01:15PM 3 points [-]

Thank you. It is a bit of a shame that it is so complicated to donate tax-efficiently from one EU country to another. I can understand complications going from the US to the EU member states and vice versa but this is plenty strange.