For us, it was less about the expense and more about the administrative burden. It required substantial time and effort to properly establish a new entity—e.g., get approval from the UK’s charity commission, set up a UK bank account and donation platforms, and manage ongoing administration, etc. GiveWell has more of the operations staff needed to undertake such a project than we did, say, five years ago, but it was still a long process!
Hi, freedomandutility,
For us, it was less about the expense and more about the administrative burden. It required substantial time and effort to properly establish a new entity—e.g., get approval from the UK’s charity commission, set up a UK bank account and donation platforms, and manage ongoing administration, etc. GiveWell has more of the operations staff needed to undertake such a project than we did, say, five years ago, but it was still a long process!
Best, Miranda
Thanks for the reply, good to know!