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Tag Archives: waste
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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Improving your fundraising hit-rate
This article first appeared on The Guardian’s Voluntary Sector Network. Do you play the National Lottery? Why ever not, given that you could win a few million pounds which I dare say you’d find pretty handy? Probably because the odds … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising
Tagged charity, corporate philanthropy, donation, donor, Fund-raising, Fundraising, impact, NatWest, net grant, net grants, philanthropy, wastage, waste
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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
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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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