After his Bar Mitzvah, Zev Minsky-Primus had several thousand dollars more than what the thirteen-year old, needed, wanted, or really knew what to do with. So he decided to donate of his new money to charity.

But Zev didnt want to give to just any charity. He wanted to donate to an organization that effectively does the most good. He thought about where to donate for a while, did some research, and finally settled on a single organization. You might think that Zev would choose a complicated technocratic intervention, or perhaps help fund a really exciting and innovative new research. Instead, Zev opted for perhaps the simplest intervention possible: Giving money directly to the very poor through the aptly named charity GiveDirectly .

I was really excited when I first heard about Zevs story, and figured that HuffPost readers might be intrigued to learn more as well. I chatted with Zev about why he gave, his decision to donate to GiveDirectly, as well as any advice he might have for other budding philanthropists, teenagers or otherwise.