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全球赠予（GlobalGiving）是一个最大的众筹社区。从2002年创建以来，已经帮助筹集到4.29亿美元的公益资助。在他的网站有很多实用的工具和资源帮助慈善家、捐赠者、企业和非营利机构更有效地助力慈善事业。
全球赠予给出了一份捐赠清单（giving checklist）,帮助捐赠者有意识地考虑何时、何地以及如何提供慈善支持。
你不必成为百万富翁才能做慈善家。简单地说，慈善家就是那些促进他人福利的人，通常通过捐赠给非营利组织的形式来实现。无论你是捐10美元还是1万美元，如果你按照我们捐赠清单的七个步骤去做，你的捐赠效果将会更有力量、更持久。
确定支持的理由
第一步是弄清楚“我最关心什么?”这里有六个指导问题来帮助你思考:
什么地方、国家或全球的事业让你感到兴奋?
你希望矫正哪些社会问题?
所在的社区有没有什么问题让你夜不能寐?
你是否在某个领域有专长或想要学习更多?
哪些机会改变了你的生活，应该让更多人得到同样公平地对待?
是否有一个群体(如女性、LGBTQ、儿童或难民)是你最关心的?
在你的答案中寻找共同的主题，它们可能会揭示你愿意用一生来探索和投资的一个或两个激动人心的领域。
专注于你的努力
世界上有数百万个很棒的非营利组织，但你不可能支持全部。如果你希望你的慈善行为产生更深远的影响，可以考虑向少数几个你信任的组织持续投入更多的钱。一开始可以通过关注几个组织，你可以通过理解它们的工作原理来获得信心，就像你关注一个特定的领域时可以理解更多的知识一样。
多做一些研究
如果你在发展自己的可信赖的非营利组织投资组合时遇到了困难，一些研究可能会帮助你决定如何进行。审查非营利组织的年度报告，并从非营利组织信息中心和独立评估中获取更多信息。这一步并不复杂，一个简单的谷歌或Facebook搜索就可以揭示很多信息!在做出更大的捐赠之前，考虑拜访非营利组织，当志愿者，或与工作人员以及其他捐赠者交谈。
为你的捐赠做预算
在制定你的捐赠预算时，考虑一下你在来年可能会捐多少。你想每年捐出你的一部分收入还是每年捐赠一定金额?你的消费习惯是否反映了你关心的问题?你是否可以做一些小的预算调整，比如每周少喝一次昂贵的拿铁咖啡或者多带午餐，来扩大你的慈善影响?使用我们的捐赠目标生成器
来探索你的选择。出于税务方面的考虑，你也可以在捐款前咨询会计师或税局。
一致地捐赠
成为一个经常捐款的人意味着你所支持的非营利组织可以依靠你每月或每年的定期捐款，对组织的未来做出更多的战略决策。很多非营利组织可以很容易地设置经常性赠予，就像订阅服务一样，其目的是使定期捐赠变得容易。
考虑如何在其他方面增加价值
你可以贡献你的时间和技能，甚至成为理事会成员。根据非营利组织的需要，你可以通过注册委员会、向朋友推荐非营利组织或在社交媒体上分享您支持非营利组织的原因等方式来提供额外支持。
不要被慈善捐赠的神话绊倒
成为一个有影响力的慈善家的一个重要部分是将慈善捐赠的神话从现实中分离出来，比如你可以通过一个非营利组织的日常开支来判断它的影响力。也可以通过更好的方法来衡量影响力，比如查看一个非营利组织的成就记录，看看它的运作是否透明，看看它对其服务的人(或动物)的需求是否敏感。你应该能够在网上或者通过你与非营利组织的私人交流，包括志愿服务，亲自拜访，或者打电话来发现这些信息。了解更多你必须克服的常见的慈善神话。
原文如下~
原题：CHECKLIST: How To Become An Impactful Philanthropist
来源：Global Giving
日期：2019年11月22日
Use our giving checklist to be intentional about when, where, and how you support the causes that matter to you.
You don’t need to be a millionaire to become a philanthropist. Simply put, a philanthropist is someone who promotes the welfare of others, most commonly through charitable giving to nonprofits. Whether you donate $10 or $10,000, if you follow the seven steps of our giving checklist, your results will be stronger and longer-lasting.
Determine what causes to support
The first step is figuring out, “What do I care about the most?” Here are six guiding questions to help you get started:
1. What local, national, or global causes get you excited?2. What problems do you hope to see corrected?3. Is there an issue in your community that keeps you up at night?4. Is there an area where you have expertise or want to learn more?5. What opportunities have changed your life and should be available to more people?6. Is there a population (such as women, LGBTQ, children, or refugees) you care most about supporting?
Search for common themes in your answers—they will likely reveal one or two areas of passion that you are willing to explore and invest in over your lifetime.
Focus your efforts
There are millions of wonderful nonprofits around the world, but you can’t support them all. If you would like to make a deeper impact, consider giving larger amounts to a handful of organizations you trust. By focusing on a few organizations to start, you can gain confidence in your understanding of how they work—just as you can when you focus on a specific cause area.
Do some research
If you are having a tough time developing your own portfolio of trusted nonprofits, a little research might help you determine how to proceed. Review the annual reports of nonprofits of interest and seek out more information from nonprofit information hubs and independent evaluations. This step doesn’t have to be complicated—a simple Google or Facebook search could reveal a lot! Before making a larger gift, consider visiting the nonprofit, volunteering, or speaking with staff or other donors.
Budget your giving
When creating your giving budget, think through how much you might like to donate in the coming year. Do you want to donate a portion of your income or a certain dollar amount annually? Do your spending habits reflect what you care about? Are there small budget adjustments you could make to amplify your charitable impact, such as nixing a fancy latte once a week or bringing your lunch more often? Use our Giving Goals Generator to explore your options. For tax purposes, you may also want to speak with an accountant or consult IRS resources before giving.
Give consistently
Becoming a recurring donor means that the nonprofit you support can rely on your contributions month after month or year after year and make more strategic decisions about its future. Many nonprofits make it easy to set up a recurring gift, which works just like a subscription service with the goal of making regular giving easy.
Consider how you can add value in other ways
You might be able to help by volunteering your time and skills or even becoming a board member. Depending on the nonprofit’s needs, you may be able to offer additional support by signing up for committee, recommending the nonprofit to friends or sharing why you support the nonprofit on social media.
Don’t get tripped up by charitable giving myths
An important part of becoming an impactful philanthropist is separating charitable giving myths—like the idea that you can judge the impact of a nonprofit by the amount it spends on overhead—from reality. There are better ways to measure impact, such as looking a nonprofit’s record of achievement, seeing how transparently it operates, and finding out how responsive it is to the needs of the people (or animals) it exists to serve. You should be able to discover most of this information online or through your personal interactions with a nonprofit, including volunteering, an in-person visit, or a phone call. Learn more about common charitable myths that you have the power to overcome.
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