Look, another story where a foundation is accused of violating its original funders’ values.
It’s ridiculous to accuse the foundation. The funders violated their own values, the second they handed over their money to an organization set up to exist forever.
This Monday, we will release the beta for the product we’ve been promising since day one: a full account of what charities we recommend, and why, in five different humanitarian causes. (Only one cause will be available at first, but the others will come online within 5-10 weeks.) I blogged yesterday only because I had…
Many moons ago, I listed the metrics we planned to use in evaluations. Well, here’s a shocker for you: when looking at actual charities’ activities, the reality is 10,000x as complicated as anything that can fit into these metrics. We always knew we would run into the following problem: if Charity A saves 100 people…
Eduwonkette (if you’re interested in the cause of education, stop reading so many philanthropy blogs and subscribe to Eduwonkette) links to an exciting-sounding article about a series of innovative charter schools. Imagine how excited I get by a passage like this: “On graduation rates, on test scores, on teacher pay — on just about anything…
Hey, the Gates Foundation is finally showing some interest in what others think. Here’s what I wrote in response to “Please share any comment or opinions you have about our web site.” Not enough information. Not even close to enough information. Where are your evaluations & technical reports? Where’s your evidence for whether you’ve saved…
What would you do to make the world a better place? Would you … Click a link? Forfeit a 69c taco that you had no practical way of getting hold of anyway? Type “I’m”? Make a wish? Scratch your armpit? Of course you would. And of course you can’t. If people buy from (or look…