Reminds me of the BLM Global Network Foundation that raised tens of millions of dollars which the founders used to buy real estate and pay their family and friends: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/business/blm-black-lives-...
It’s not that I don’t want children to not starve, it’s that I have a very high confidence that the vast majority of donations one way or another just end up in a sociopath’s bank account
I’m never surprised when I hear good will turned into theft. I am surprised how many people are willing to give so much of their money to scams
(granted, the SF money wasn’t an optional donation)
For instance, the Red Cross raised $500 million for Haiti relief and ended up achieving virtually nothing due to extensive mismanagement and arrogance (trying to apply Western methods in a third-world country) [1].
Similarly to you, I detest all non-profit organizations. Rather have a for-profit organization or the government solve issues...but these still have their own issues.
1- https://www.npr.org/2015/06/03/411524156/in-search-of-the-re...
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/01/12/3761388...
https://www.oceanresearchproject.org/
Matt is a great guy and a modern explorer, you can hear his story here:
https://explorerspodcast.com/matt-rutherford/
This is the movie about his first solo nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas:
Or you can listen to his podcast as well here:
I also like Animals Asia which saves bears from captivity and sends me cute videos of the bears swinging on the swing I donated to them!
If you have low confidence in large orgs, donate directly to small orgs near you like a little league team in a rough part of town.