Electronic Frontier Foundation, maybe.
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That and planned parenthood.
If there are two orgs that care deeply about privacy, but do a lot of good in the world, those would be it.
And the Free software Foundation?
ACLU seems to be pretty good about not calling. They may send occasional mail, though.
Why would you want to donate to a political organization? I don't get it. If you don't know of a political organization already that you want to support, why go out to find one?
Your donation could go to a different / better cause than a political party.
Iโm all for removing the influence of money from politics. But as long as money remains the main medium of influence, people not donating to political causes as a matter of principle is removing the influence of people from politics.
Exactly. For instance, OP could donate to me.
I left out specifics because I didn't want this thread to become a political debates, but I want to support the people running against fascists, because the fascists will do a hell of a lot worse than sell my contact information. I'd just much rather do it without getting harassed.
I would recommend not using your regular email address or phone number. I think you might be required to give your real address, though.
I think they all share lists. I supported Bernie in 2016 and I'm getting a ton of Biden/Kamala text messages (all blocked and sent to spam). That was the only time I actually directly donated and put in my real phone number (instead of my throw away numbers).
Also, I'd be amazed if they didn't have a way to get contact information from non-political sources. Like, off the top of my head - if I'm running a Dem campaign I'd be talking to every car dealership I could and seeing if I can buy their list of people who signed up for updates on EV availability to see if I can turn some of those people to donors, and I'm pretty certain there's no laws or regulations that would stop them from doing that.
This kind of technique is very clever. I've done this when looking for potential employers. I don't know what it's called.
Could be your donation was a matter of public record and can be accessed
They all add donors to lists and send them solicitations based on the premise that a former donor doesn't need as much convincing for their cause. It's fairly easy to unsubscribe as soon as you get the first message, but by then your email may have already entered a partnership pool, so you'll start getting similar solicitations.
Best way around it is to use an email anonymizing service, or one way phone/text numbers. Or you can treat it like a game and donate under [email protected], then watch how many more messages you get to that specific address.
To answer your main question, eff.org and msf.org are pretty good charities. You can also check https://www.charitynavigator.org/.
If it's purely political orgs, local groups are less likely to have aggressive fundraising arms.
local groups are less likely to have aggressive fundraising arms
And more likely to need your donation!
PSL maybe?
PSL - I've donated and I don't think they ever followed back up.
Your local food bank or homeless shelter - they absolutely pester me for more donations, but it's pretty clearly a good thing.
It's tricky. If they aren't bothering donors like you for more, they're leaving money on the table, and so probably aren't very good at being a nonprofit in other ways as well.
Maybe just ask to be on the no-call list, and similar?