being raised if the hours of any full-time staff and volunteers are budgeted at Canada’s average wage of $50k per year
Well wages now are less than $10k per person, so, that would move from 9:1 to less than 2:1, which is a lot lower than other organizations that evaluate themselves in terms of money moved to effective charities. But I think that would be misleadingly low in a different way, since they improved their fundraising techniques over time (e.g. much of their fundraising came in these birthday/Christmas fundraisers that came late). So I’d project higher efficacy going forward, and hopefully new innovations. I’d also include value of information produced during the process for other groups.
Basically, I would view funding now more in terms of R&D to find new fundraising methods than in terms of money moved thus far.
@Ryan—I think Joey and Xio made an estimate in one of their previous review documents.
@Carl—I agree with this. It seems a bit misleading to advertise CS as already cost-effective in terms of money moved, but worthwhile to fund for other reasons.
Well wages now are less than $10k per person, so, that would move from 9:1 to less than 2:1, which is a lot lower than other organizations that evaluate themselves in terms of money moved to effective charities. But I think that would be misleadingly low in a different way, since they improved their fundraising techniques over time (e.g. much of their fundraising came in these birthday/Christmas fundraisers that came late). So I’d project higher efficacy going forward, and hopefully new innovations. I’d also include value of information produced during the process for other groups.
Basically, I would view funding now more in terms of R&D to find new fundraising methods than in terms of money moved thus far.
@Ryan—I think Joey and Xio made an estimate in one of their previous review documents.
@Carl—I agree with this. It seems a bit misleading to advertise CS as already cost-effective in terms of money moved, but worthwhile to fund for other reasons.