As organisations receive more funding, the value of extra funding changes. This is relevant for donation decisions. People have used various concepts to discuss this feature:
Room for more funding
Funding gaps
Diminishing (marginal) returns
In this pair of posts I discuss what people might mean by these different terms:
Returns Functions and Funding Gaps
As organisations receive more funding, the value of extra funding changes. This is relevant for donation decisions. People have used various concepts to discuss this feature:
Room for more funding
Funding gaps
Diminishing (marginal) returns
In this pair of posts I discuss what people might mean by these different terms:
Defining returns functions and funding gaps sharpens up the definitions of these terms.
Selecting the appropriate model for marginal returns analyses the strengths and weaknesses of different models
The second post is co-authored with Owen Cotton-Barratt. He provided many of the ideas in the posts.