Reef Check is the UN’s official coral reef monitoring program that I support after seeing so much coral damage in my travels and scuba diving. They also monitor and restore kelp forests.
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GiveDirectly is an interesting organization I have been following for a few years. It started as a research project to demonstrate that simply giving cash with no strings attached can be a very effective means of charitable giving. I like the idea of letting the recipients decide how best to use my donation, rather than me making assumptions about what they need. This could hit multiple SDG points, but you won't know which ones.
Kiva is a similar organization, though they give zero-interest loans rather than grants.
I will note that both of these organizations pay their top executives over $400,000 per year. I have no idea what an appropriate salary should be for a CEO based in an expensive city like San Francisco or New York, but that feels a bit high to me.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/710992446
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/271661997
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