As far as charitable giving in the crypto space, there’s the Pineapple Fund, but he has disabled new applications at the moment.
www.pineapplefund.org. It’s good to see that someone is donating massive amounts of Bitcoin to charities, and I’d like to see more acts like this.
There are also several altcoins that were solely created for charitable giving, such as CoExistCoin and KrossCoin. I’m sure there are a few others.
I think the major problem with charities, not just ones who would potentially accept crypto, is the lack of transparency. I, myself, will never again donate to Red Cross because of it.
Not a plug, but I am on the board of a non-profit in the third world country that I live in, and we publish financial statements every single quarter and every single year. I’m currently in the process of creating and integrating crypto wallets into the website, and hope to use blockchain technology and historical data to be able to provide transparency for every crypto donation, as well as every time the crypto is exchanged to fiat in order to use for the charity. There are some tax implications that is slowing the process down, but I want to ensure that we are by the book, so until the day comes when we can legally accept crypto, I won’t be sharing any addresses for donations.
I really do wish more charities will step up, but if I may be honest, I feel that if charities are savvy enough to accept crypto donations, then they are probably inclined to pay for the web developer’s services for including crypto donation options as a method of receiving funds. Just another unnecessary expense, in my opinion, that detracts from using funds for their intended purpose of the charity’s mission.
OP, please let me know what you discover. I’m looking for a charity (besides my own) to give back to for 2018, and am interested to see what you come up with!