giving for the godless agnostic aid pastafarian philanthropy heathens helping rational relief
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Giving for the Godless Agnostic Aid Pastafarian Philanthropy Heathens Helping Rational Relief. Or how I learned to stop worrying and donate to a good charity. Some Numbers. 35% of all donations (100 Billion dollars) goes to churches * - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Giving for the GodlessAgnostic Aid
Pastafarian PhilanthropyHeathens Helping
Rational ReliefOr how I learned to stop worrying
and donate to a good charity
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Some Numbers
• 35% of all donations (100 Billion dollars) goes to churches *
• Religious people are 25% more likely to donate money than secularists are **
• Why is that?– Not many good secular charities– Strong social pressure to donate in a church– Nothing like the fear of hell to open that wallet
* http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=42** http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6577
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The Problem
• I want to give money to charities, but not churches
• Lots of churches disguise as charities
• Some religious charities are good, many use money for proselytizing
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My Goal
• Educate on the good and bad ugly of religious charities
• Provide secular alternatives• Give a few tools for giving
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Comic Relief
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Bad Example: Catholic Charities
• Illinois: closed foster care service rather than adopt to gay couple
• DC: Canceled health benefits for employees rather than give them to gay couples
• Thwarted contraception world wide adding to AIDS problem
• Charity as political weapon
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OK Example: Salvation Army
The Good• Disaster relief• Food drives• Toy drives• Thrift stores
The Bad• It is a church• Multiple tangles with anti-
homosexual practices• Threw away Harry Potter
toys in CA drive
Secular Alternative: Goodwill• Open hiring practices• No history of discrimination
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Foundationbeyondbelief.org
Good Example!
• Foundation Beyond Belief• They pick and focus on 5 charities a quarter– Education, Poverty and Health, Human Rights,
Natural World, Challenge the gap– Challenge the gap works with other religious
charities they deem quality• Initial positive research on their charities of
choice• One time or regular donations
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OH NOES Disaster!
• So a disaster happens and you want to help
• Give money not stuff• American Red Cross– Some efficiency and
transparency problems• Doctors without Borders
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Comic Relief #2
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www.kiva.org
Also Interesting
• Kiva: a hand up, not a hand out• Start with as little as $25 and loan to someone
starting a business• Most common loans to African women for
hundreds to a few thousand dollars• Agencies go to the people and vet their ideas• Money goes from Kiva to Agencies to People• Loans are slowly paid back
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Kiva
• Criticism: because failure causes full loss, interest can be high – No chicken repo company
• You get your money back to reinvest
• You can join a team to talk or strategize
• Atheists kicking Christian ass!
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Tools
• Charities always have a website, check the about section– Some references to doing “God’s work” are a dead giveaway
• Check Charity Watch *– They rate charities based mostly on monetary efficiency
• Eg. Do they spend most of your donation on marketing?
• Also check Charity Navigator **– Fancier version of charity watch– They rate financial health and transparency as well
• Lastly look on Wikipedia for controversy or issues
* www.charitywatch.org** http://www.charitynavigator.org/
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Questions