I have a question for those who donate to meta-charities like Charity Science or REG to take advantage of their multiplier effect (these charities typically raise ~$5-10 per dollar of expenditure). Do you donate directly towards the operations expenses of these meta-charities? For example, REG’s donations page has the default split of your donations as 80% towards object-level charities (and other meta-charities), while 20% is towards REG’s operating expenses, which include the fundraising efforts that the multiplier presumably is coming from. It seems to me that in order to get the best multiplier for your donation, you would donate 100% towards operating expenses, since any dollar not spent on operating expenses wouldn’t have any multiplier. Is this right?
Do you donate directly towards the operations expenses of these meta-charities?
Yes. I donate to both GiveWell top charities (which Charity Science supports) and Charity Science’s operations.
It seems to me that in order to get the best multiplier for your donation, you would donate 100% towards operating expenses, since any dollar not spent on operating expenses wouldn’t have any multiplier. Is this right?
I have a question for those who donate to meta-charities like Charity Science or REG to take advantage of their multiplier effect (these charities typically raise ~$5-10 per dollar of expenditure). Do you donate directly towards the operations expenses of these meta-charities? For example, REG’s donations page has the default split of your donations as 80% towards object-level charities (and other meta-charities), while 20% is towards REG’s operating expenses, which include the fundraising efforts that the multiplier presumably is coming from. It seems to me that in order to get the best multiplier for your donation, you would donate 100% towards operating expenses, since any dollar not spent on operating expenses wouldn’t have any multiplier. Is this right?
Yes. I donate to both GiveWell top charities (which Charity Science supports) and Charity Science’s operations.
This seems largely right, though it’s important to note that donating to the recommended charities of a meta-charity do help that charity.