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Aside from the human connection mentioned in the post, by far the most compelling aspect to me is the "fixed" attribute. There's something so satisfying about i
by kevinalexbrown 14y ago
Aside from the human connection mentioned in the post, by far the most compelling aspect to me is the "fixed" attribute. There's something so satisfying about isolating a problem, then fixing it.
Many charities feel like an investment. This feels like a transaction.
Edit: Here by transaction, I mean it's something that has a very high chance that it's working out. When I order a shirt online, there's a high probability it will get to me. When I fund a new t-shirt company on Kickstarter, it's less certain.
- dm8 14y agoI agree on the point of transaction vs investment part of non-profit. CRY (http://america.cry.org/site/index.html http://america.cry.org/site/index.html) has been doing it for years for educating children and they are quite successful (what I've heard).
- volandovengo 14y agoI work with http://www.vittana.org http://www.vittana.org, which has also found success with this model. Overall our customer research has found that people find it a lot more compelling to give money to the individual than to hand money to an anonymous institution, even though on the backend it may be treated exactly the same.