An evolved but brief journey to philanthropy. If you have wealth and wish to help people, do so. If you don’t have wealth and wish to help people, join an institution that shares your goals. If no such institution exists, form one, create formal structure and use this to raise funds. If this is too much work, then find something else to do.

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for the Not Wealthy, those things themselves aren't prohibitive, it's doing those things while simultaneously bringing in enough income to not starve to death (nevermind getting to the point of _raising_ funds) that's the tricky part. in my experience, trying to to join philanthropic institutions is rough and demoralizing (no call back, unpaid internships only, etc)

If you see yourself on the prohibitive side, then you should probably be on the receiving side, not the giving side. Always look after yourself first, then your family, then your friends, then your neighbours, then the world.

I appreciate the concern. I was talking about something kind of in between (I'm doing alright for myself and my family, but I'd like to do more for others): In the past when I've been in between engineering jobs, I've tried applying to nonprofits and charities that generally have a "call for help" message in perpetuity about themselves. I've never gotten a response to a job application nor a follow-up conversation about other ways I could be helpfully put to use. I don't know anything about running a non-profit but I am left to assume that the cost and difficulty of managing (and paying) additional people outweighs the "help us; get involved!" messaging you often see from the outside. ...or maybe their stance is actually "just donate money and go away" but they don't say that. I don't know, but it definitely creates some dissonance for someone like me. "get involved get involved!" okay here I am, let's go! ...crickets...

Just a suggestion, but maybe focus on yourself and your family to make your situation better than OK, then you’ll have the ability to help anybody on your terms, not relying on a third party organisation that your criticise.

I got the memo now ⚡️ for the sake of this charity organization I’m working on but not yet completed

Some life hacks. If you create a charitable status organisation, I can offset my donation against tax. If I do that within my own wrapper organisation that has been created from a defunct bankrupt company, 100% of my donation can be offset, meaning it costs me nothing. At this point, I no longer care about the goals of your organisation and I will send you huge donations because I make money doing so by claiming charitable relief. We both make money. This is a very pure form of corruption. Enjoy your journey into the corrupt world of large charities 😂

Thanks for the advice but this is very serious and it mean a lot to me that’s why I’ve been reposting it has I need to make this children happy that’s my goal I don’t have any other motive or action towards this charitable event I hope you help along the way so this children can eat and put on good cloths thanks for your understanding

Sometimes it’s better to listen than speak. I appreciate there is a slim chance you are honest in your endeavours, but even if that is true, you haven’t really listened to what I’ve been saying. Your boys are competing with equally deserving boys from a large global charity. If I give money to you, you’ll spend it and it’s gone with minimal impact. If I send the same amount of money to an organisation you are competing with, three times the wealth will be generated. You are bottom feeding low value donations from low value patrons. Study charities and understand you can use the corruption to benefit you and your boys and your patrons. Do the work, it’s worth it if you want to go down this route. I’m 30 years further down this particular rabbit hole. My advice is don’t bother, but if you do and you’re successful by which ever metric you measure you’ll start to understand how the world works from a historical perspective. Bitcoin is not the only vehicle to teach you about the world.