To vet charity destinations, we have GiveWell. Individual donors don’t need to do their own research; they can consult GiveWell’s recommendations, which include extensive, publicly documented deep dives into those organizations that make fraud overwhelmingly unlikely.
This experience shows that we need something analogous to vet charity sources, ReceiveWell, say. Individual recipients shouldn’t need to do their own research; they would consult ReceiveWell’s ratings of the funders in question, which would include extensive, publicly documented deep dives into the sources and risks associated with each of them.
Let me answer prospectively:
To vet charity destinations, we have GiveWell. Individual donors don’t need to do their own research; they can consult GiveWell’s recommendations, which include extensive, publicly documented deep dives into those organizations that make fraud overwhelmingly unlikely.
This experience shows that we need something analogous to vet charity sources, ReceiveWell, say. Individual recipients shouldn’t need to do their own research; they would consult ReceiveWell’s ratings of the funders in question, which would include extensive, publicly documented deep dives into the sources and risks associated with each of them.