Curious how many HN folks have donated to a YC nonprofit and where you first learned about the organization. If you haven't donated to one, interested in any specific thoughts/reasons why.<p>Thanks all!<p><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><p>Background: We're building a service that makes it easier for people to engage in effective philanthropy. Our launch market will likely be unstaffed foundations, but thought we'd do some testing with a feature focused on individual donors (people like you and me, donating ~$50 at a time vs $50,000).<p>We'll do a Show HN soon for the full enchilada, but here's how we're thinking the consumer version would function: https://kyn.me/coinvest/y_combinator_all_time<p>Any and all feedback most welcome!
As a YC partner, I've given to all of them.<p>Watsi and Zidisha are particularly enjoyable to donate through directly, because you choose a person you'd like to help.<p>Like, for the cost of a good dinner, you could fund the remaining 1/3 of fixing this kid's legs:
<a href="https://watsi.org/profile/0cbc7f502d2e-deonisi" rel="nofollow">https://watsi.org/profile/0cbc7f502d2e-deonisi</a>. He's from a farming family, so imagine how much difference it will make throughout his life to be able to walk properly. You'll get pictures after the work is done.<p>Or choose someone else to help: that's part of the experience.<p>(But it's also a fine thing for unstaffed foundations to give across the board.)