Interesting suggestion. I’m not familiar with anyone doing a donation match like this.
It seems like having a default charity for matching money to go to could be counterproductive to the matcher’s goals. E.g. Every.org wanted to get more people to use their platform to donate. But I think many people don’t really find it more valuable for money to get directed to one charity over another. EAs are different in that regard. While we’re certainly not unique in caring which charities money goes to, I think many people might think “Why should I donate when the money is already going to go to charity?” and decide not to participate.
While generally I wouldn’t advise people to do donation matches, would it be good for organizations already running them to make cash transfers the default use of the money if matching donors don’t direct it elsewhere? Maybe. One benefit might be that it just gets people to think more about the value of directing money to one organization versus another, instead of merely thinking that they’re raising more money for a charity of their choice.
Interesting suggestion. I’m not familiar with anyone doing a donation match like this.
It seems like having a default charity for matching money to go to could be counterproductive to the matcher’s goals. E.g. Every.org wanted to get more people to use their platform to donate. But I think many people don’t really find it more valuable for money to get directed to one charity over another. EAs are different in that regard. While we’re certainly not unique in caring which charities money goes to, I think many people might think “Why should I donate when the money is already going to go to charity?” and decide not to participate.
While generally I wouldn’t advise people to do donation matches, would it be good for organizations already running them to make cash transfers the default use of the money if matching donors don’t direct it elsewhere? Maybe. One benefit might be that it just gets people to think more about the value of directing money to one organization versus another, instead of merely thinking that they’re raising more money for a charity of their choice.