I think centralization can have a lot of benefits, but the situation with EV in particular seemed to have substantial downsides. (I’m not sure how much of this was historic aspects of EV vs. being a charity in the UK, which, from what I understand, has some unique hurdles).
Also, it’s not entirely clear to me that each of the spun-off orgs need to have the whole cumbersome dual US/UK structure. There are simpler ways for a UK non-profit to be able to access tax-advantaged donations from the US (e.g., a so-called “Friends Of” organization). And as you imply, UK charitable regulation is more onerous, so it’s not clear that an organization whose funding and operations were primarily in the US would find having a legal existence in the UK sufficiently worthwhile.
This take makes a lot of sense to me.
I think centralization can have a lot of benefits, but the situation with EV in particular seemed to have substantial downsides. (I’m not sure how much of this was historic aspects of EV vs. being a charity in the UK, which, from what I understand, has some unique hurdles).
Also, it’s not entirely clear to me that each of the spun-off orgs need to have the whole cumbersome dual US/UK structure. There are simpler ways for a UK non-profit to be able to access tax-advantaged donations from the US (e.g., a so-called “Friends Of” organization). And as you imply, UK charitable regulation is more onerous, so it’s not clear that an organization whose funding and operations were primarily in the US would find having a legal existence in the UK sufficiently worthwhile.