Prioritise re-directing donations
There are many, regular, large, charity fundraising events. Examples include the UK’s Red Nose Day (approx 40 million USD a year) and the Channel Seven Perth Telethon (approx 50 million USD a year).
A one-off intervention to redirect the funds raised by these events towards more cost-effective charities could have large, long-term benefits.
As these could plausibly be one-off interventions, the long-term return on investment of these efforts could be extremely high—Red Nose Day has raised over 1 billion USD over the last 30 years.
As a first step, existing donors could approach fundraisers like these with evidence on charity cost-effectiveness, and recommendations for prioritising charities which are both highly cost-effective and meet the priorities of these fundraisers.
I wonder what are the most effective persuasion methods for charitable giving?
Donation choices are personal and potentially difficult to influence. Red Nose Day’s website does have impact metrics so maybe they could be convinced:
“£20 could provide
- 80 meals at a UK community center
- 4 essential clothing items for a child
- 2 toiletry kits for a homeless youth
- 1 legal assistance package for a refugee family”
The forum previously discjssed redirecting foundation donations. Organizations like Effective Giving and Longview apparently do this work, but their involvement with fundraisers is unclear.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/XQDS5F4pRRxBododx/redirecting-private-foundation-grants-to-effective-charities