Givv.org - interesting approach to manage your donations

givv.org

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I find this interesting not so much because of the budgeting features but because you don't have to give your personal info to the charities. I don't like giving to a charity and then finding myself on their mailing lists for the next 5 years. Even worse is when they sell your info on their mailing list -- it isn't always easy to find out how to get off that stuff. I've been thinking for a while that someone should build an app to mediate between charities and donors for this reason.

An added benefit is that they can give you a single statement for your taxes. I assume that, from the IRS's perspective, you are just giving to givv.org, a non-profit.

Is givv.org a 501c3?

They don't state this on their website, and they claim you can give to anyone, not just charities, which makes me wonder if you lose the tax-deductibility by using givv.

It doesn't look like they need to be 501c3 themselves, because they are merely an intermediary. It's strange that this is not obvious from the site, but in the 3-minute video, they said "...and at the end of the year you get a nice tax report of everyone you've given to..."

They say "Texas nonprofit corporation". Does that imply 501c3? They certainly could do a better job at organizing the information on their site.

that's the same as flattr, right?

Nope, this is "To as many nonprofits as you like." only

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