This guide does not take into account tax deductibility which would likely be a superseding factor compared to transfer fee efficiency.
For donors who deduct on their taxes, likely so.
Do you have a sense of the amount and distribution of donations made directly to EA-related LMIC organizations by individuals in the US? I’m wondering how much potential advantage there would be to running a so-called “Friends of” organization for a group of small LMIC orgs to essentially gain tax deductibility in the US and/or to make an efficient donation experience more frictionless for the donor. (By distribution I am trying to capture whether most of the money is flowing to relatively few organizations vs. small cash flows to many organizations. The former would be more tractable.)
We’re unsure, but our guess would be in the EA space, there will not be many organizations that aren’t internationally registered despite working in LMICs.
For donors who deduct on their taxes, likely so.
Do you have a sense of the amount and distribution of donations made directly to EA-related LMIC organizations by individuals in the US? I’m wondering how much potential advantage there would be to running a so-called “Friends of” organization for a group of small LMIC orgs to essentially gain tax deductibility in the US and/or to make an efficient donation experience more frictionless for the donor. (By distribution I am trying to capture whether most of the money is flowing to relatively few organizations vs. small cash flows to many organizations. The former would be more tractable.)
We’re unsure, but our guess would be in the EA space, there will not be many organizations that aren’t internationally registered despite working in LMICs.