Posts Tagged 'overheads'
Charitable Donations Include Overhead – Here’s Why
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Brigid Slipka has granted permission to crosspost this great article from her blog.
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Here’s how to make a charitable donation and have 100% of the gift go to the Recipient without any part of it going toward overhead:…
Don’t Choose a Charity Based on Administration Costs
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Yesterday there was a flurry of twitter posts regarding the fact that charity: water advertises on their website:
100% of public donations directly fund water projects
The final outcome appears to be that charity: water uses other sources…
Cost efficient aid is not necessarily effective aid
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
There is a false belief on the part of donors that cost effective charities are the best charities. I’ve written about this problem in previous posts. This week a joint statement from five charity rating organizations…
Deceptive advertising hurts the entire aid industry
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
The aid blogosphere is alight with the controversy surrounding Kiva. According to Kiva’s website:
“Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.”
The gist of…
