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I'm often reluctant to donate cash because of organizational waste in nonprofits- how much of my donation is going to administrative staff? This is why I donat
by JTbane 7y ago
I'm often reluctant to donate cash because of organizational waste in nonprofits- how much of my donation is going to administrative staff?
This is why I donate dry goods, canned goods, and labor.
- rchaud 7y agoNothing wrong with donating your time and labor. But if you're concerned about waste, why not visit the website and glance through their annual report? Nonprofits are regulated and their financial statements are independently audited, so you can see exactly what the aid to salaries/op expenses ratios are.
- reroute1 7y agoProbably because that's a lot of extra work. And donating a can takes care of the obscurity problem and is dead simple.
- JTbane 7y ago>why not visit the website and glance through their annual report? Number 1, I'm lazy and don't want to do that. Number 2, I'm not a business person and don't have any idea of what an ethical administrative budget would be. 5% of donations? 50%? I have no idea.
- lalaithion 7y agoThere are organizations which rank charities. https://www.charitynavigator.org/?c_src=WPAIDSEARCH https://www.charitynavigator.org/?c_src=WPAIDSEARCH https://www.givewell.org/main?utm_expid=.Mr3umtjnSuel86Mlr0lMEA.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://www.givewell.org/main?utm_expid=.Mr3umtjnSuel86Mlr0l... https://www.charitywatch.org/top-rated-charities https://www.charitywatch.org/top-rated-charities
- exolymph 7y agoOkay, so the actual reason here is that you're lazy, it's not a lack of information. I get that — I'm lazy too — but don't cite vague concerns about administrative budgets when you could literally search "how much should a nonprofit spend on administration" and find 237947209847 articles about evaluating that. There are entire organizations like GiveWell dedicated to answering that question and they do in-depth research so that you don't have to. Chrissake, you have no idea how much we deal with this working at nonprofits. "You are nefariously concealing information from me!!!!!" "Have you tried looking at our website?" The answer is basically always no.
- rchaud 7y agoSo you're willing to donate your time and labour for an organization sight unseen, but pulling up a PDF with a Google search is a bridge too far?