On that topic, do you or anyone else know of other such national level projects, aside from Effektiv Spenden (where I do some work) in Germany and RC Forward in Canada?
Although I imagine there are many nuances of each country’s bureaucracy, it could make sense to template out the operational aspects that likely don’t differ from country to country.
Certainly. I had a brief conversation with Basti and Jack Lewars on this. I am very skeptical about large and complex projects like migrating to the same ERP but would be happy to explore more modest opportunities to avoid repeatedly reinventing the wheel :-)
What kind of fixed costs are we talking about, if you don’t mind sharing? If they were too low, I’d be a bit concerned that it could hamper your multiplier. How are you approaching fundraising?
Fair concern and you are right: “the lowest possible fixed costs” can mean anything :-). In our case, we are looking at costs of less than 10K €/month for 2021. The plan is to bootstrap this (which we can afford) until we can show impact. The metric we will be focusing on is what The Life You Can Save calls leverage ratio: money moved expressed as a multiple of operating expenses. If you are interested in getting into the weeds, I’d be happy to chat :-)
Devon, thanks for the comment!
I know of gieffektivt.no in Norway and Effective Altruism Australia.
Certainly. I had a brief conversation with Basti and Jack Lewars on this. I am very skeptical about large and complex projects like migrating to the same ERP but would be happy to explore more modest opportunities to avoid repeatedly reinventing the wheel :-)
Fair concern and you are right: “the lowest possible fixed costs” can mean anything :-). In our case, we are looking at costs of less than 10K €/month for 2021. The plan is to bootstrap this (which we can afford) until we can show impact. The metric we will be focusing on is what The Life You Can Save calls leverage ratio: money moved expressed as a multiple of operating expenses. If you are interested in getting into the weeds, I’d be happy to chat :-)