This is all fantastic info, Jackson. Thank you very much! I have a lot to think about now and might add more to this response later.

Please forgive me if I'm not formatting this correctly - the mods can alter this however they wish, or can message me what to generally do and I will happily comply.

I was looking to start some type of donation drive for the march 8th holiday. I'm pretty sold on Population Services International as the most effective choice for this initiative  but I'm of course open to suggestions.

Most importantly, I was looking for help with how exactly to format such a drive through reddit. The plan is to wrangle any number of  women-oriented subreddits into stickying something about the drive. The sticky would include a donation link, some info about the charity, and maybe if this is wise, an elevator pitch about EA.

Does a donation matching drive even work without some big org doing the matching? I guess people could comment that they're willing to donate $X if someone matches, and then others can reply to accept such a match?

Should users be required or encouraged to post "proof" of their donations?

Is there some convenient way to track all of the total donations? I could just do it in a spreadsheet I guess?

I have no experience with any of this, so if this seems doomed to fail, that's also something I need to hear.

Thanks for your time!