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In the UK a lot of door to door collecting for charities is done by private companies who take a significant chunk of the donation for themselves. Perhaps rich
by jiggy2011 14y ago
In the UK a lot of door to door collecting for charities is done by private companies who take a significant chunk of the donation for themselves.
Perhaps richer people are more likely to know this and be sceptical of door to door collections. They may also value their time more and not like being "hassled".
This does not necessarily mean that they do not provide charity donations. They may just do it in a smarter way, for example attending charity dinners/events where they get to rub shoulders with other affluent people.
- prawn 14y agoOr they have already selected charities or provide professional support, and don't want countless more charities hitting them up.
- markdown 14y ago> This does not necessarily mean that they do not provide charity donations. They may just do it in a smarter way, for example attending charity dinners/events where they get to rub shoulders with other affluent people. Smarter = self-serving?
- jiggy2011 14y agoI suppose you could say that, or an alignment of interests.
- chii 14y agopeople don't donate (at least, not those huge donors who throw lavish dinner parties) out of the kindness of their own hearts. They do so to appear charitable, and to show off their status. THis is why you don't often see private, undisclosed and anonymous donations in large amounts. When a rich elite donates money, they are doing it to sing praises for themselves - whether they admit it consciously or not. The end result is still good - i don't care whether their charitible activities are self-serving, provided that it achieves the results of helping those who needed the charity.
- zoul 14y agoExactly. I live in the Czech Republic and give a part of my income to a non-profit of my choice. The organization’s well known, they promise to give at least 90 percent of the money directly to those in need, and they have a regular audit to check the money flow. That’s why I refuse to give money to charities collecting on the streets, where the guarantees are much smaller and the way of collecting much more intrusive.