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As a sibling commenter somewhat flippantly notes, orgs like GiveWell, 80,000 hours (publisher of the post), Centre for Effective Altruism, and Giving What We Can are all focused on highly effective non-personal philanthropy. They are targeted toward "logical givers" and "impact investors" who do not need the sort of donor centric language and personal touches that many NPOs rely on for their fund development strategies.

This can be seen by orgs like OpenPhil that won't even take unsolicited minor donations.

These are orgs that are supporting "truly altruistic" giving, and trying to remove the personal connection from giving. These organization tend to use lines of thinking that remind me personally (though may or may not be inspired by) Mylan Engel and "Taking Hunger Seriously" (http://www.niu.edu/engel/_pdf/TakingHungerSeriously.pdf)



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