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Tag Archives: administration
Has the worm turned on deworming?
The world-renowned Cochrane Collaboration has recently published a systematic review of the evidence about mass programmes to treat children in less developed countries for intestinal worms. It found that “deworming children seems like a good idea, but the evidence for … Continue reading
What the gov’t should do about the charity tax row
Part 1: Try to regain some credibility in this debate 1. Make HMRC release the relevant donor data Whatever the rights & wrongs in the debate, sentiment is inflamed by the fact that the charity sector can’t even size the … Continue reading
Posted in Tax and governance, Uncategorized
Tagged administration, charity, donation, donor, effectiveness, Fund-raising, Fundraising, gift aid, giveitbackgeorge, giving, philanthropy, tax, tax relief
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A grand unified theory of effective giving starts with beneficiaries
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
Three golden rules of effective charitable giving
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
Posted in Effective giving
Tagged admin, administration, charity, donation, donor, effective, effectiveness, efficiency, Fund-raising, Fundraising, impact, net grant, net grants, performance, philanthropy, wastage, waste
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No money? Here’s how you can still make a difference to charity in a recession
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
Posted in Effective giving, Promoting giving
Tagged admin, administration, charity, Comic Relief, corporate giving, corporate philanthropy, donation, effective giving, effectiveness, Fund-raising, Fundraising, giving, group philanthropy, hair, impact, in-kind, philanthropy, ring-fence, ring-fenced, time, unrestricted, volunteering
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Application and reporting processes keep 3m children out of school
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
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WaterAid: what are you thinking of?
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
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