I’m not trying to be a jerk. I honestly want to know. Most of the self-evaluation we see from charities looks at clients, but doesn’t compare them to (otherwise similar) non-clients. So it’s probably effective at preaching to the choir, but not at winning over skeptics. When we bring up the issues with it, we…
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Preview: Cause 5
Elie and I have just finished drafting our reviews for Cause 5: help disadvantaged adults become self supporting. We can’t make them public yet because we need to give our applicants a chance to look and point out mistakes (and write any responses they want to write). But here’s a quick story about what we’ve…
Welcome to the Donors’ Liberation Blog
If you think the Donor Power Blog is about respecting donors, perhaps you also think the 1950s were about respecting women. Jeff (like many people) didn’t enjoy my argument that the goal of giving should helping people, not feeling good. But it’s not because he disagrees with my “should.” It’s because he disagrees with “the…
Big government vs. the private sector
Did I get your attention, political junkies? So, a lot of people subscribe to the interesting theory that good works are best left to the private sector, not the public sector. This idea makes sense in a lot of ways. We can all think of examples of services where private companies are 100x more accountable…
Job training: Which would you grant?
A couple questions for you. I think Cause 5 is going to come down to these questions. 1. Would you rather grant … A. A program that helps severely unemployed/undermployed people, with barriers to employment including past convictions & drug abuse, get jobs paying $8-12/hr with no clear career path, such as security guard /…