Offset your first-world spending by making a donation to one of the following to appease your guilt!
Pick Your Shame:
Drank Over Priced Cocktails?
OrganDonor.gov: Sign up to be an Organ Donor (FREE!)
Did you waste the holidays arguing with your extended family about fake news facts?
News Literacy Project: Donate to an organization working with educators and journalists to give students the skills they need to discern fact from fiction and to know what to trust.
Skipped the trip home to see your family this holiday season because, let’s face it — your family stresses you out!?
The Center for Constitutional Rights: Donate to the organization that is protecting immigrant rights and helping families stay united
Assumed your new co-workers pronouns? And got it wrong?
Trans Youth Equality Foundation: Fund education, advocacy, and support for transgender youth and their families.
Spent $3,000 on an operation for your 10-year old dog?
World Wildlife Fund: Join 100,000+ members who all believe it’s time for action, not words, to bring our world back to life. And adopt a penguin while you’re at it!
Wasted an embarrassing amount of time watching make-up tutorials on TikTok instead of reading "How To Be An Anti-Racist"?
Black Lives Matter: Support the movement to end state-sanctioned violence, liberate Black people, and end white supremacy forever.
Indulged $500 In A Cucumber & Chocolate Bath Spa Treatment?
Planned Parenthood: Support sexual healthcare for people of all income levels and defend abortion access globally!
Picking Up A $6 Designer Coffee…Every Day??
Water For People: Give people clean water. Duh.
Just Got $400 Teeth Whitening?
Smile Train: Provide cleft palate surgery for children around the world.
Shopped at Walmart this year? We know. It’s so cheap!!! (Guess why?)
Labor Lab: Help fight workers’ rights violations! Protect the right to unionize!
Spending thousands every year to cut and dye your hair?
(This one’s a reach… but who does the llama look like? If he were, say, orange and is hellbent on taking away our civil liberties daily??)
ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union: Help defend and preserve the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.
Took three planes to an exotic beach vacation?
Union of Concerned Scientists: Environmental advocacy with a focus on clean energy solutions, global warming, and large-scale food production.
Asked your Black friend to explain "microaggressions" to you rather than just Googling it?
Darkness Rising: Donate to an organization committed to inspiring mental health conversations and providing resources in the black community.
Dropped a small fortune on a bathroom renovation complete with bidet?
ShelterBox: Right now, over 100 million people around the world have been made homeless by disaster and conflict. ShelterBox provides emergency shelter and tools for families who have lost everything.
