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Welcome to our sixth-annual Giving Guide, designed to help donors make a bigger difference with their philanthropic gifts. Once again, we’ve reviewed the dozens of effective approaches housed on our website and handpicked 11 distinct opportunities that you can act on immediately
We define positive social impact as a meaningful improvement in the lives of others. This year, we’ve organized opportunities to illustrate how donors can address the range of risks human beings face, from their earliest days on earth to adulthood. As donors, you can equip low-income mothers in the U.S. (opposite page), or in the developing world with tools to keep themselves and their children healthy; provide disconnected youth with the capacity to return to school and get a job; or help homeless people with drug addictions find refuge and treatment...
Visit The Center for High Impact Philanthropy for more information
As the saying goes, “if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” High impact philanthropy starts first by asking, ‘What is the philanthropic goal of this donation?’ That goal could be feeding the hungry, teaching kids to read, reducing addiction and mental illness, preventing child deaths from malaria, or any number of other worthy causes.