Reminds me a teacher lived thriftily in life and donated 2 or 3 million to a school in his will when he died. The school used it to buy a state of the art high school football scoreboard.
Donating money is just not it. It's so easy to spend money you didn't work hard to make yourself. If you wanna do good, figure out how to deploy the resources to your cause.
Step 1: Have a stated cause or known interest
(Most people struggle to reach this step)
The main thing is to trust who you're donating it to. Charities often struggle to do important but boring stuff because donors want to add all kinds of strings to the donation.
There are plenty of highly effective charities.
Maybe but the ones in my city(who take city money) have literally nothing to show for.