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How can I donate in a way that I know my donation will be the difference between an extra human or animal being saved/spared and not being saved/spared.

For example if I vote in an election or stay home it'll make no difference. Of course I think people should still vote but if me donating a relatively small amount (less then 5 thousand let's say) to a specific charity or not donating will not make any difference then I'm not terribly motivated to donate.

I know against malaria foundation sends you an email about six months after your donation telling you where your donation funded nets for.

Is there any other charities like this? Or do I have to get creative and do things like buy ads and billboards to advertise the dominion documentary and whatnot?

I know individual consumer boycott does make a difference in sparing chickens lives Like in the first five minutes of this video  https://youtu.be/brKhhZlUoOc?feature=shared he discuses a study that shows the average consumer has a 90 something percent chance of causing 1 - 900 extra chickens to be bred into existence tortured and killed.

https://philarchive.org/rec/MCMAIO

But I'm not sure if an individual donating a relatively small (less than 5k) to charity or not donating to charity has the same effect for saving or sparing animals or humans.

I want to know the most certain donation both for helping humans and the most certain donation for helping animals (mammals and or birds).

By certain I mean most likely that it will make an impact unlike me voting in a presidential election or staying home. Whatever donation is least likely to be like voting.

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This got me thinking. You might do well with https://taimaka.org/ - the lives saved are statistical (although at a far larger life saved / people treated ratio than, say malaria interventions), but giving $100 really does treat a malnourished child who will presumably have a much better experience than if not treated. That's an impact in itself.

I already donated them a few thousand dollars. But how do I know if me donating a few thousand dollars makes a difference or not? I'm sure if I gave them a few hundred thousand dollars all at once I could be sure I saved some extra lives but I am not so sure for a few thousand or if it's like voting in an election.

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Kestrel🔸
I'll try to phrase this question as: let's say the standard EA cost-effectiveness threshold for saving a life is $5000 (that's roughly what it is). Are there any charities (presumably EA ones) where if I donate $5,000 (enough to save a life on average), I can be * nearly certain (let's say 95% sure) that my cash has been spent in ways that caused at least one life to be saved * that would not have been saved if I had not given them $5,000? Great question, and I'm not sure there actually is one at present, because charities that are significantly more cost-effective than this threshold or that can demonstrate conclusive lifesaving at about this threshold tend to acquire donation reserves so additional money to them doesn't result in them being able to spend it - that's basically why the threshold exists, it's sort of determined by the amount of money EA-inclined donors have available to direct. Although actually now I think of it there might be something to do with HIV treatment now that PEPFAR money has been pulled. If someone with HIV doesn't get HIV treatment they will die (unless they are very rarely the person who is naturally immune). And there's a huge funding gap in that space. So if I were so inclined to care about concreteness in the way you do, that's where I'd go hunting.
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questionhaver8733
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In addition to looking for concrete feedback on small-to-medium donations, there are ways to direct an even larger amount of funds with your donations so they have more impact.

See here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BFbNymbn4ukmKWHrX/donation-multiplier-stacking-directing-1-27x-to-6-6x-more

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