Nice question, I think there can be a higher impact for a few reasons. First I assume that if they donate directly it will be silent and have no multiplicative effect.
When people see donations flowing in on social media it can encourage others to donate
This is the kind of thing that’s easy to help friends donate to “Hey, my friend is doing this massive run to help kids get vaccinated in Nigeria, do you think you could chip in a few dollars
This might help raise awareness generally of NGOs like New Incentive which I’m fairly sure almost no of your non EA friends have heard of.
Of course none of these might happen as well, but I think its likely to tilt towards higher impact ;).
Nice question, I think there can be a higher impact for a few reasons. First I assume that if they donate directly it will be silent and have no multiplicative effect.
When people see donations flowing in on social media it can encourage others to donate
This is the kind of thing that’s easy to help friends donate to “Hey, my friend is doing this massive run to help kids get vaccinated in Nigeria, do you think you could chip in a few dollars
This might help raise awareness generally of NGOs like New Incentive which I’m fairly sure almost no of your non EA friends have heard of.
Of course none of these might happen as well, but I think its likely to tilt towards higher impact ;).
Yes, exactly! #2 was a big reason I thought to start this fundraiser. :)