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Americans gave $358 billion in philanthropy last year.

https://philanthropy.com/interactives/giving-usa-2015

A trillion dollars every 3 years. Simply trying to make every dollar more effective would go a long way. We probably need fewer, but more effective charities, for example. Identify the best ways to fund medical research.



You mean, like, precisely not stuff like this: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-...

On a more constructive note, I have a rather high opinion of Doctors Without Borders.

(I know that negativity in comments is discouraged, but I hope I'll get away with this.)




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