People
of generous intent often ask us about giving to nonprofit civic
organizations making this a better world. They want to be sure any
deductible contributions they make are put to good use and not used to pay for high executive salaries or bureaucratic overload.
The
list of groups compiled for you below are very worthy, effective,
honest groups – all 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations – that I have
contributed to over the years. You can see for yourselves by visiting
their websites.
I’ve
added two unique organizations started by alumni classes of Princeton
(Princeton Alumni Corps, formerly Princeton Project 55) and Harvard Law
School (Appleseed Foundation), which you may want to learn about in case
your alumni class (starting with its 25th reunion) wants to
launch a civic advocacy group with a full-time staff. My alumni classes
at these universities pioneered this model decades ago, and you can see
what they are accomplishing by going to their respective websites, noted
below.
If you wish to tell me what you’ve done with your alumni class, email info@nader.org. There are few citizen endeavors more important than starting new civic institutions to strengthen our dwindling democracy.
Ralph Nader | 
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