Does anyone know if a charity like this exists: Say I donate $1000 to a Ukrainian refugee family. I want every penny of that to go to them. If the agency needs to charge a fee for arranging everything, then charge me on top of the $1000 and be transparent about it.
I just don’t trust organizations like the Red Cross, where I assume 90% of what I donate goes to middle managers and bloated executive salaries.
An agency that lines up potential donors with families, and the donor can pay for an AirBnB for them for X months would be amazing.
Actually this reminds me of something that I was thinking about and you’re probably the best person here to ask. When I donate money to my college, how much of that actually is spent on fundraising itself.
Or if a mega-rich person donates 5 million for a building how much of that 5 million goes towards the building.
Well my department has about 300 people who probably average $100k/year in salary. So there’s $30M. And that’s not to mention hardware/software purchases, office space, ad buys, etc.
But we take in a $billion a year in donations. So my guess is most of your money actually goes to actual University stuff.
Funny you should mention that though, because we have a whole system where we track your payment right down to the new lab supplies or whatever you earmarked it for, if you want that. Because you know, money isn’t fungible or anything.
Yeah actual projects = an ex-executive who’s now a contractor (imagine that) and charges way over market. That’s my fear - that they farm out all the overhead for a project they possibly can, then that becomes spending on the actual project.
If I’m trying to escape a high stakes spy maneuver, I want responsiveness. I don’t want a Ford that takes a half-second to move after I floor it. Boom - dead.