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Efficiency and overhead aren't good measures of a charity's effectiveness. Trying to evaluate the success and impact of a program is very important, for instan
by scarmig 13y ago
Efficiency and overhead aren't good measures of a charity's effectiveness.
Trying to evaluate the success and impact of a program is very important, for instance. But many charity's don't do it, because it adds "overhead" costs when you could be using that money to inflate a meaningless metric that looks good to donors who like to think of themselves as savvy.
- thejteam 13y agoAgree. And typically programs to educate the public about the issue and programs you are raising money for are counted as "overhead" even though in many cases they are just as important as the programs themselves. For example, educating people about world hunger is as important as sending food overseas.