charities – just moving along like everyone else

ruffboijuliaburnsides:

violent-darts:

ameliarating:

Every time you say that you only donate to charities and non-profits with extremely low overhead and administrative costs, what you’re actually saying is that you’ll only support charities and non-profits that underpay their employees and stretch them thin because they don’t have the budget to hire enough of them.

Transparency should be the priority here. Not low administrative costs.

#OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS #AS SOMEONE WHO’S WORKED IN A NONPROFIT THAT HAD LIKE THREE PEOPLE AT HEAD OFFICE #AND AT NONPROFITS WITH A STRONG AND LARGE TEAM OF SUPPORT STAFF #IT MATTERS #IT FUCKING MATTERS

THIS.

Also? Especially in really BIG catastrophes, in the IMMEDIATE aftermath?

You want the charities that can MOBILIZE FAST. You CANNOT DO THAT if you are pinching every penny and working to the minimal staffing. You just can’t.

Transparency is important. And a charity should be able to EXPLAIN why each of the dollars they spent is spent the way it is, and it should be a solid reason.

And no, this is not just a factor of Money Is Evil. Even if we weren’t in a monetary-reward situation, value of effort, time and training still exists, as does value of goods, and it would simply turn to a different metric.

Considering all the damage done by Harvey and BEING done by Irma and Jose, this seems like a good time to reblog this.