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A grand unified theory of effective giving starts with beneficiaries

Posted on April 5, 2012 by carolinefiennes

This article first appeared in Alliance Magazine. ‘What do you think of our team?’ asked the chairman of a new foundation. I hesitated, fearing he would dislike my answer. The trustees were experts in only two of their three focus … Continue reading →

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Three golden rules of effective charitable giving

Posted on April 5, 2012 by carolinefiennes

This article first appeared in The Ecologist. Many of us support charities which work on some of the biggest environmental issues of our time. But which are the good ones, and how can we really help? Caroline Fiennes, author of … Continue reading →

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No money? Here’s how you can still make a difference to charity in a recession

Posted on April 5, 2012 by carolinefiennes

This article first appeared in the Daily Mail Online. In a recession, more people turn to charities for support, precisely when donations are harder for charities to find. But there are tricks we can all use to make our donations … Continue reading →

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Application and reporting processes keep 3m children out of school

Posted on March 19, 2012 by carolinefiennes

Avoidable waste from foundations’ reporting processes is ~£100m every year, enough to fund the whole of Barnardo’s or the British Red Cross. Another ~£150-250m is wasted in reporting to public sector funders, plus there’s plenty of avoidable waste in application … Continue reading →

Posted in Admin costs, Effective giving, Impact & evaluation | Tagged admin, administration, application, apply, audit, book, charity, donation, effectiveness, efficiency, Fund-raising, Fundraising, giving circles, grant-makers, grant-making, grantmakers, group philanthropy, impact, inefficiency, inefficient, reporting, shared, wastage, waste | 4 Comments

WaterAid: what are you thinking of?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by carolinefiennes

Millions of Thames Water customers have this week received leaflets from WaterAid containing this: WaterAid should know better. This graph perpetuates the dangerous lie that charities’ spending on governance and fundraising is somehow separate from ‘work on charitable objectives’. They’re not: … Continue reading →

Posted in Admin costs, Great charities | Tagged admin, administration, administrative, charity, donation, donor, donor education, effectiveness, efficiency, Fund-raising, Fundraising, giving, governance, water aid, wateraid | 21 Comments

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A grand unified theory of effective giving starts with beneficiaries

Three golden rules of effective charitable giving

WaterAid: what are you thinking of?

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