This is a good point and we’ve considered it. I agree that there are advantages to allowing matchers to support only specific causes (or charities).
But there are also downsides. In addition to the ones you list below, the matching system would be somewhat less honest. Since the matcher would per default have donated to that cause/charity anyway, you as a donor don’t really influence where the matcher’s funding goes to. With our current system, in contrast, you do influence to which specific charity/cause the matcher’s funding goes to. But this comes at the costs of the matching funder, who has to be willing to support any of the nine effective charities we currently list.
I still think it’s worth thinking more about allowing for cause-specific matchings. But we don’t plan to implement it anytime soon.
This is a good point and we’ve considered it. I agree that there are advantages to allowing matchers to support only specific causes (or charities).
But there are also downsides. In addition to the ones you list below, the matching system would be somewhat less honest. Since the matcher would per default have donated to that cause/charity anyway, you as a donor don’t really influence where the matcher’s funding goes to. With our current system, in contrast, you do influence to which specific charity/cause the matcher’s funding goes to. But this comes at the costs of the matching funder, who has to be willing to support any of the nine effective charities we currently list.
I still think it’s worth thinking more about allowing for cause-specific matchings. But we don’t plan to implement it anytime soon.