Where does your money go?
- Thread starter Strannik
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I heard a rumour that the owners of the "movember" foundation make quite a nice little earning from the event. I would rather donate directly to the beneficiaries.
http://www.prostate.org.au/
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/
Ya, if you use a third party to donate through they will of course keep some % back for their marketing and costs.
I know that having worked for a charity myself, there is a community perception that those who work in welfare should work for nothing. Charities have had to employ professional managers to ensure their very survival and most of these organisations are professionally run. Even co-ordinating volunteers takes a great deal of time and associated training costs. Professional fundraisers and Managers will not work for nothing and I don't think they should. Like any business, charities have administrative costs to meet, fuel, insurance, staff wages. It would be great to think that every dollar donated goes DIRECT to the recipient but there is still a STRUCTURE between donor and recipient that has to be funded. Without this structure the recipients would get nothing.
My husband donates to a charity that employs volunteer doctors to work in third world countries. He is kept updated thru' regular newsletters and there is a website that he can also access to keep updated. Both these info mediums take resources to maintain. Currency fluctuations would also play a large part in how much money gets to the 'grass roots'.
I know that having worked for a charity myself, there is a community perception that those who work in welfare should work for nothing. Charities have had to employ professional managers to ensure their very survival and most of these organisations are professionally run. Even co-ordinating volunteers takes a great deal of time and associated training costs. Professional fundraisers and Managers will not work for nothing and I don't think they should. Like any business, charities have administrative costs to meet, fuel, insurance, staff wages. It would be great to think that every dollar donated goes DIRECT to the recipient but there is still a STRUCTURE between donor and recipient that has to be funded. Without this structure the recipients would get nothing.
My husband donates to a charity that employs volunteer doctors to work in third world countries. He is kept updated thru' regular newsletters and there is a website that he can also access to keep updated. Both these info mediums take resources to maintain. Currency fluctuations would also play a large part in how much money gets to the 'grass roots'.
A couple of the charities I've donated to release annual statements detailing their accounts. In their cases about 80-90% of the funds get to the causes in question. www.animalsasia.org
I give money to The Big Issue vendors. I know that they get to keep half and half goes to the magazine to publish mags/employ people etc. I like to think that the money the vendor keeps goes to putting food in their stomach or something along those lines. I find these people very inspiring and am always happy to help them help themselves.
Mark
Mark
