I read an org’s 990 before making a non-trivial donation, and my guess from your bio is that you do too. But I wonder how many people (1) would take the time to carefully read the 990, (2) have enough methodological sophistication to see through at least moderate levels of obfuscation, but (3) are not significant enough donors that they feel (or are) empowered to call someone and ask for someone to provide relevant information.
Thanks Kyle, I like the idea of the IRS cost effectiveness thing but agree with Jason that practially it would never work. Even if it came in, it would be so loose as to be meaningless.
I read an org’s 990 before making a non-trivial donation, and my guess from your bio is that you do too. But I wonder how many people (1) would take the time to carefully read the 990, (2) have enough methodological sophistication to see through at least moderate levels of obfuscation, but (3) are not significant enough donors that they feel (or are) empowered to call someone and ask for someone to provide relevant information.
Thanks Kyle, I like the idea of the IRS cost effectiveness thing but agree with Jason that practially it would never work. Even if it came in, it would be so loose as to be meaningless.