Aphex Twin Which Charity Should Get The Proceeds of the Ebay Sale?

1. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
2. Mission Statement: To stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
3. "WWF specifically focuses on restoring populations of 36 species (species or species groups that are important for their ecosystem or to people, including elephants, tunas, whales, dolphins and porpoises), and ecological footprint in 6 areas (carbon emissions, cropland, grazing land, fishing, forestry and water).

   The organization also works on a number of global issues driving biodiversity loss and unsustainable use of natural resources, including finance, business practices, laws, and consumption choices. Local offices also work on national or regional issues^.

   WWF works with a large number of different groups to achieve its goals, including other NGOs, governments, business, investment banks, scientists, fishermen, farmers and local communities. It also undertakes public campaigns to influence decision makers, and seeks to educate people on how to live in a more environmentally friendly manner.It urges people to donate funds to protect the environment. The donors can also choose to receive gifts in return."

Oh, charity rating for charity:water

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12548#.U0y8SJSgghE

  On 4/15/2014 at 1:19 AM, Allize said:

something with aids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_8_suHp0C8

  On 4/15/2014 at 6:52 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

1. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
2. Mission Statement: To stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
3. "WWF specifically focuses on restoring populations of 36 species (species or species groups that are important for their ecosystem or to people, including elephants, tunas, whales, dolphins and porpoises), and ecological footprint in 6 areas (carbon emissions, cropland, grazing land, fishing, forestry and water).

   The organization also works on a number of global issues driving biodiversity loss and unsustainable use of natural resources, including finance, business practices, laws, and consumption choices. Local offices also work on national or regional issues^.

   WWF works with a large number of different groups to achieve its goals, including other NGOs, governments, business, investment banks, scientists, fishermen, farmers and local communities. It also undertakes public campaigns to influence decision makers, and seeks to educate people on how to live in a more environmentally friendly manner.It urges people to donate funds to protect the environment. The donors can also choose to receive gifts in return."

 

I second this one.

1. http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/aboutus

2. Ending Homelessness in America

3. The enormous amounts of money and empty housing within the US should have already been used to solve this problem but it is still an epidemic. There is no reason for there to be as many homeless as there are in the US. I would love to see this problem demolished within my lifetime.

Donation should go to international charities, IMO.

it would start a trend if we killed homelessness in the US....

but I understand....

International charities are spread so thin though.

A big debate to be had there.

Something to do with the mens rights movement.

  On 4/15/2014 at 4:10 AM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 4/14/2014 at 8:28 PM, Friendly Foil said:

 

 

  On 4/14/2014 at 8:17 PM, spratters said:

Cancer research.

 

Can't say a hell of a lot but 2 of my grandparents died from different types of cancer and my aunty suffered from it for several years.

  On 4/14/2014 at 6:11 PM, Papillon said:

 

• www.mariecurie.org.uk/
• They give terminal cancer patients palliative care right at their home, rather than forcing them to spending the remainder of their lives in a hospital.
• Donations to Cancer research, treatment, and palliative care can't be a bad idea. I gather Aphex Twin has some interest in this organization. A photo of this hospital was on one of the Analord labels.

These.

These also.

Also agree.

Cancer will touch everyone in some way at some point . And it shouldn't be that way.

  On 4/15/2014 at 6:29 AM, Hoodie said:

My vote is for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

 

Their mission (from the site):

 

Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501©(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.

 

MAPS furthers its mission by:

• Developing psychedelics and marijuana into prescription medicines
• Training therapists and working to establish a network of treatment centers
• Supporting scientific research into spirituality, creativity, and neuroscience
• Educating the public honestly about the risks and benefits of psychedelics and marijuana.

MAPS has been supporting studies on a variety psychoactive substances, looking into their potential for use as medicine. Studies on psychedelics and other substances have shown strong indications that many psychoactive drugs have the power to cure or alleviate mental illnesses like addiction, PTSD, anxiety, depression and others when used in medical settings. MAPS has big ambitions--e.g., they intend to push research and legislation on MDMA through a $18.5 million dollar project to make it a legal prescription medicine by 2021. As current studies supported by MAPS have shown that MDMA is highly successful in curing PTSD (yes, curing--patients show that benefits of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy persist over time), this has the potential to improve the lives of millions of people. With more funding for research, MAPS could develop a deeper understanding on the potential for medicinal use of psychedelics. There are so many anecdotes about people improving their lives after a trip--quitting smoking or drinking, taking up running, feeling new impulses of creativity or destroying old, destructive habits just through the power of self-reflection. Imagine if scientists understood how and why this occurred in the brain. We could then use psychedelics therapeutically to help improve peoples' quality of life!

 

Pretty exciting stuff. Now, I know it's not alleviating poverty directly like some other charities, but considering that 25% of the homeless population in the United States has some form of mental illness, I think discovering more effective care for them (where now most of them have exactly zero care) would be a great cause to fight for. To drive that point home: Mental illness isn't a first world problem and supporting research on psychedelics is not a joke. Mental illness destroys lives constantly--for example, about 3000 people commit suicide every day--while potential cures remain illegal and the United States refuses to allow research on them. MAPS is an organization dedicated to fighting against these out-dated ways of thinking that are barring the path to medicines that can alleviate much suffering in the world.

If nobody wants a music based charity for money from a music based auction then I vote for an acid based charity for acid based music!

I know we're not a gaming site or anything, but Child's Play is awesome.

http://www.childsplaycharity.org/

It's a charity organization that donates toys, video games, and what not to children who are in the hospital. Due to the various illnesses that these kids may have they can't play with toys that other children have played with, so Child's Play buys new toys and video for all the kids in these hospitals. As far as I remember, they have to buy new toys and video game consoles for the kids because they can't hand these toys and consoles over to other children in fear that they will get even more sick. If I was a kid and I was in the hospital I would fucking love to play video games all day. I mean, if there's one thing video games is good at it's making you forget the mountain of emotional shit you might be sitting on.

Anyway, I think it's pretty fucking awesome.

• Child’s Play works in two ways. With the help of hospital staff, we set up gift wish lists full of video games, toys, books, and other fun stuff for kids. By clicking on a hospital location on our map, you can view that hospital’s wish list and send a gift.
• Child’s Play also receives cash donations throughout the year. With those cash donations, we purchase new consoles, peripherals, games, and more for hospitals and therapy facilities. These donations allow for children to enjoy age-appropriate entertainment, interact with their peers, friends, and family, and can provide vital distraction from an otherwise generally unpleasant experience.
• How will these toys be used?

  Items like the video game systems and games will be given to the hospitals and a child will essentially be able to check it out and have it placed in their room. Obviously the more systems and copies of each game they have the better. Other toys though will be given to individual children as presents. Something they can keep and take with them when they leave. To read about the effect of these donations, check out the testimonials.

• Does Child’s Play charge administrative fees?

  We try our best to have every dollar that comes in go right back to the hospitals, but there is a slight administrative cost that does get paid for with donations (for example, shipping thousands of consoles and games to hospitals worldwide is not free, sadly). Historically, these charges have not exceeded 6%. It’s true that we’re a non-profit, but unlike most non-profits, we’re not in it to create a self-sustainable entity. We do it to give.

   

Might be jaded, but after a few scandals here with very small percentage of donations going to the actual cause (for example with pink ribbon), I distrust big organizations. Looking through the smooth marketing it is hard to see where the money is going, maybe pick a small local thing which you can see the effect?

I liked the idea of doing something with the money around the Cornwall area. That'd be kinda cool

  On 4/15/2014 at 1:07 PM, Djeroek said:

Might be jaded, but after a few scandals here with very small percentage of donations going to the actual cause (for example with pink ribbon), I distrust big organizations. Looking through the smooth marketing it is hard to see where the money is going, maybe pick a small local thing which you can see the effect?

I completely agree, find something small run by the volunteers working in a project that directly assists their immediate community, like a native animal shelter or something. Large organisations are run by scum that are in it purely for the no questions asked, non results driven executive pay, and they are surrounded by office bludgers and rejects from the marketing community. Rip off cunts are attracted to free money situations like this like moths to a flame, only we're the ones that get burnt. So yes, someone suggest something small, and we'll be able to trust that at least 90% of the money goes towards the outcome that they purport to advertise.

give the money to rephlex, more music please.

I am more made sensitive by those below

  On 4/14/2014 at 8:28 PM, apriorion said:

A standard, well-known charitable organization: UNICEF

 

1. http://www.unicefusa.org/, UNICEF

2. To help children worldwide have access to clean water, basic food, and immunizations for easily preventable (but life-threatening) diseases.

3. This organization is very well-known and reputable, and philosophers such as Peter Singer frequently cite it in their work on economic justice. (e.g.,

)

  On 4/15/2014 at 6:52 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

1. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
2. Mission Statement: To stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
3. "WWF specifically focuses on restoring populations of 36 species (species or species groups that are important for their ecosystem or to people, including elephants, tunas, whales, dolphins and porpoises), and ecological footprint in 6 areas (carbon emissions, cropland, grazing land, fishing, forestry and water).
   

   The organization also works on a number of global issues driving biodiversity loss and unsustainable use of natural resources, including finance, business practices, laws, and consumption choices. Local offices also work on national or regional issues^.

   WWF works with a large number of different groups to achieve its goals, including other NGOs, governments, business, investment banks, scientists, fishermen, farmers and local communities. It also undertakes public campaigns to influence decision makers, and seeks to educate people on how to live in a more environmentally friendly manner.It urges people to donate funds to protect the environment. The donors can also choose to receive gifts in return."

 

http://rhythmixmusic.org.uk/

Rhythmix works with its partners in Youth Support Services, such as Youth Workers, Arts Officers, Crime Reduction and Youth Offending Teams, to identify young people in challenging circumstances, and enables those young people to shape and develop projects that respond to their needs.

I have a friend who has worked with these guys for a few years and their work is invaluable to young people who just need a helping hand getting on the right path. Seems apt that a music charity should get some of the proceeds, and I am sure they would be very welcoming of the funds.

  On 4/15/2014 at 1:15 PM, delet... said:

 

  On 4/15/2014 at 1:07 PM, Djeroek said:

Might be jaded, but after a few scandals here with very small percentage of donations going to the actual cause (for example with pink ribbon), I distrust big organizations. Looking through the smooth marketing it is hard to see where the money is going, maybe pick a small local thing which you can see the effect?

 

 

 

I completely agree, find something small run by the volunteers working in a project that directly assists their immediate community, like a native animal shelter or something. Large organisations are run by scum that are in it purely for the no questions asked, non results driven executive pay, and they are surrounded by office bludgers and rejects from the marketing community. Rip off cunts are attracted to free money situations like this like moths to a flame, only we're the ones that get burnt. So yes, someone suggest something small, and we'll be able to trust that at least 90% of the money goes towards the outcome that they purport to advertise.

 

This is actually a really good idea, and would make a big difference to a small (yet no less deserving) charity.

As above.

Definitely don't give it to any of the bigger charities.

  On 4/15/2014 at 1:21 PM, skibby said:

give the money to rephlex, more music please.

As much as i initially thought that this was the best idea for that portion of the money from the auction. We have advertised widely now that giving some money to charity is a component of the whole kickstarter deal. It is a feel good factor that probably helped bring in more kickstarter funding than the project would otherwise have gotten. Certainly it's possible to speculate that more money will be going to rephlex now than they otherwise would have had were there not a charity component to the media spin, given that there is a demographic out there that is persuaded by the prospect of being involved in the good works of charity. Maybe this is how we should sell all our music from now on. haha.

So you see, this is why if we're stuck with this charity thing and can't just give the money to the chaps at rephlex, we should choose wisely and give the money to a small concern that won't waste 85% of it on administration fees.

  On 4/15/2014 at 3:43 PM, delet... said:

 

  On 4/15/2014 at 3:31 PM, MadameChaos said:

two owls! one owl? get outta here. two owls? now you're talkin'.

 

Hey we should give the money to an owl sanctuary. Owls are cool, get 'em a bucket of mice.

 

ahh yeah, dat mouse.

  On 4/15/2014 at 3:48 PM, delet... said:

 

  On 4/15/2014 at 3:43 PM, delet... said:

 

  On 4/15/2014 at 3:31 PM, MadameChaos said:

two owls! one owl? get outta here. two owls? now you're talkin'.

 

Hey we should give the money to an owl sanctuary. Owls are cool, get 'em a bucket of mice.

 

 

 

 

2014-04-15_owlfeeding.jpg ahh yeah, dat mouse.

 

lol

Also agree about a smaller charity rather than something big. We should make a big splash for a small organization, rather than a drop in the bucket for something well known

Just sayin', charity:water will send us photos and GPS coordinates of the projects that we help.

definitely not one of the big charities