Intelligent Giving

Neldo

I have just stumbled across a new website that adopts a whole new approach to giving to charity. It is fun, informative, and not afraid to ruffle some feathers.

It looks critically at the way charities are run and gives them ratings. I have never seen this done before and it is so refreshing. My one concern is that it does not look at the work the charity actually does.

I recommend checking it out - http://www.intelligentgiving.com

Neldo

davepitchford

Thanks Neldo. Thanks for the 'fun' you mention. We had a fun (but not easy) time bringing the site together over a year and a half, and I think it shows, not least in areas like our 'Karma Calculator' and Alain de B'Argain's column (he's real, really).

We would love to have looked at the work the charities do but it's basically too much work for three people on a very tight budget.

Instead we have judged the transparency of 500+ charities. This indication of their a, professionalism and b, honesty, is more useful and comparable than the marketing guff that comes your letterbox.

GiveItBack

Dave,

Suggestion on your site about the layout of posts. I like this one much better.
Regards
GiB

ReportInvestor

Observer article on some charities and their admin costs

The way in is the misleading way that Children in Need advertises to make some people think that it doesn't have admin costs when in fact it does (paid for from the income from investment revenue built up by public donations).

And since it is primarily a conduit to channel money to other charities there are clearly admin costs further down the line.