[extropy-chat] Charity

[David Lubkin]

Organized charities, of course, vary enormously in how effectively they use 
their income. Some are notorious for near-governmental profligacy.

When I make choices about where to invest my time and money, I coldly look 
at how important the charity's goal is, how valid their approach appears to 
be, and what they actually accomplish.

I ignore the school kids selling candy bars; the same money can go to Seva. 
Curing preventable blindness is more important than a field trip.

I choose focused projects, low overhead, a record of accomplishment, and 
effort directed at fixing underlying problems.

I want to see the feedback mechanisms of the free market work more 
effectively in the non-profit world than they do. It would be useful if 
epinions.com or Consumer Reports rated charities. I wonder why they don't. 
I was pleased to find give.org though.


-- David Lubkin.