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I'm building an app that utilizes people giving to charities - red cross seemed like an obvious choice to include, but now there's no way. This has been helpfu
by meesterdude 11y ago
I'm building an app that utilizes people giving to charities - red cross seemed like an obvious choice to include, but now there's no way.
This has been helpful in sleuthing out reputable charities: http://www.charitynavigator.org/ http://www.charitynavigator.org/
- mckoss 11y agoI would not let a single news story exclude you from including them. I've seen too many cases where journalists completely botch an investigative story due to biased sources and their own ignorance. I personally would like to see the Red Cross's response.
- meesterdude 11y agoFWIW, they have something of a history if I recall; i only recently found out a few days ago, really.
- mckoss 11y agoFrom my memory, they had a reputation for bait and switch - raising money during a disaster, but spending it elsewhere. I think they cleaned that up, including a change in leadership. This article is new in claiming innefectiveness at usefully spending money to help disaster victims. I would love to see a detailed audit.
- TylerE 11y agoIt's not that they are duplicitous really - it's that stockpiling large amounts of supplies has a leadtime measured in months. Money you give today can't buy tents in Haiti tomorrow - those have to be ordered, manufactured, shipped...
- danso 11y agoThis is one in a series of investigative stories conducted by ProPublica and NPR (disclosure: I used to work at PP but not on this project): http://www.propublica.org/series/red-cross http://www.propublica.org/series/red-cross Red Cross has made responses; I haven't read all the stories but my impression has been is that they haven't been on-point rebuttals: Red Cross Demands Corrections to Our "Misleading" Coverage. Here's Our Response - http://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-demands-corrections-to-our-coverage-our-response http://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-demands-correcti... The project began last October: The Red Cross' Secret Disaster, which examined their aid after Hurricane Sandy: http://www.propublica.org/article/the-red-cross-secret-disaster http://www.propublica.org/article/the-red-cross-secret-disas...
- bitserf 11y agoIf you went by CharityNavigator data, you'd think the American Red Cross was one of the well run ones.
- Kevguy 11y agoI've always used https://www.charitywatch.org https://www.charitywatch.org. Both Charity Navigator and Charity Watch give the Red Cross a good rating. The NPR article doesn't seem to agree...
- reagency 11y agoTry givewell.org Problem: finding a reputable charity is hard. Why should users trust you?