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I donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center a few years ago. A physical address was a required field on the donation form. I have never stopped regretting it, because GODDAMN! They started hammering me with physical mail asking for more money immediately and have not stopped.

>>water-+(OP)
Just curious why you used an address that's associated with you. Choosing the address of a place like a park, which is a real address that has no mailbox or direct association with you, ought to be the default if you don't want to be spammed to hell and back.

>>water-+(OP)
I had this happen years ago, ironically I'm pretty sure they spent more hounding me for the next dollar than i gave them (like $25).

>>water-+(OP)
In case you're still giving money to them, perhaps consider not donating to an organization that marks people as bigots for speaking against religious extremism.

edit They do do a lot of good work in marking actual hate groups though, so I suppose it's a net positive still even if they miss a few strikes.

>>MrDrMc+U7
You might want to receive a tax receipt.

>>tempes+zI
I've usually been able to get that in email form.

>>MrDrMc+U7
I was young and naive! Also, I wanted to make the donation immediately, while I was thinking about it. I didn’t want to put it on a back shelf of my mind and forget about it for a few years, and I assumed “The Good Guys” wouldn’t use my information in a negative way.