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Where does Givewell break out fundraising costs, though? The specific breakouts of spending seem more detailed on CN. If all of that 92% is actually going dir
by DrScump 10y ago
Where does Givewell break out fundraising costs, though? The specific breakouts of spending seem more detailed on CN.
If all of that 92% is actually going directly to programs, that's excellent.
- robertwiblin 10y agoI actually think it's a good thing for charities to spend more on fundraising than they do - it's a harmful metric to judge them by. Here's a discussion of that: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_abou... However, IIRC all the fundraising and admin costs are covered by separate donors so that any additional donations go to nets. AMF doesn't have much of a fundraising operation as it gets its funding through GiveWell and Good Ventures primarily.
- DrScump 10y agoit's a good thing for charities to spend more on fundraising than they do Well, sure, if a little money spent fundraising yields far more in donations and/or broadens your audience to your cause. What raises concern for me is when the percentage of receipts spent on fundraising is disproportionately high and/or spent on overpaid insider salaries.