I don’t have a lot of extra money floating around, so when I choose to donate to an organization, I choose carefully.   Usually my donation is a gift to honor someone for their birthday, for Christmas, or in their memory.  There has been plenty said already about what the best donation strategies are — especially in times of international disaster — and my intent with this post is not to share my own donation manifesto.  Rather to give you a sneak peak at the causes and organizations that are closest to my heart:

1. Lifelong AIDS Alliance
2. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
3. Partners in Health
4. Global Giving
5. PreventionWorks!
6. Sierra Club
7. Allan Rosenfield Fund, Mailman School of Public Health
8. WNYC, National Public Radio
9. UNICEF

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You might also be interested in reading:

List no. 1: Things I miss about being a kid (January 14, 2010)
List no. 2: Things that scare me (January 20, 2010)