Accy cyclist
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A simple question,it may have been asked on here before. How much of your donation actually reaches the intended recipient?
Direct debit to a charity
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It differs per charity. Best to ask the charity directly that you are considering donating to.
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Accy cyclist
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They'd say it's 99 percent.It differs per charity. Best to ask the charity directly that you are considering donating to.
the snail
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Depends what you mean. If you make a dd direct to a charity, all of it goes to the charity. If you do it via an agency (chuggers) a lot of money goes to them. If you want to know how much goes in overheads wages etc, then you can look at their accounts, which are available to the public.
Electric_Andy
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I've read some tabloid scaremongering in the past that says x% of your money goes on administration, wages etc and not to the people who actually need it. I'm inclined to think that without wages and Admin, the charities wouldn't exist so therefore your money (whatever it's used for) is doing some good.
I would not donate through a 3rd party though, always directly to the charity, although who knows what sort of cut a certain company might take from the charity if for example they allow people to donate via PayPal? But even then, your donation is funding the PayPal service which enables more donations to be made from people who may otherwise give up with the website if they don't want to tap their card details in, so back to my first point really, it will all help in some way.
I would not donate through a 3rd party though, always directly to the charity, although who knows what sort of cut a certain company might take from the charity if for example they allow people to donate via PayPal? But even then, your donation is funding the PayPal service which enables more donations to be made from people who may otherwise give up with the website if they don't want to tap their card details in, so back to my first point really, it will all help in some way.
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Accy cyclist
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Yes i can appreciate that without the "pen pushers" and "stamp lickers" the money wouldn't reach the intended target.
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Accy cyclist
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What's that?Make sure you giftaid
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Accy cyclist
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This is the charity i want to set up a monthly donation to.
https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/
https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/
Mrs Postman deals with ours.But we gave directly to the person or the person picked to be a Treasurer.Not blowing a trumpet.But we supported two families in a leper colony in Bangladesh this was set up by a Leeds Doctor.So all the money went.Food and clothing and education.Also we pay. towards a young man and his family in the North East who is a youth worker.I don't know if i would give to the people who stop you in the street.I know of someone,who when his partner died.He found they had been looking after Donkeys,a Whale and a Leopard.
jefmcg
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https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/report-and-accounts
http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0®id=264818
So, that's about 77% going to charity
jefmcg
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Yes, and I also find it concerning that even though presumably most of the donkeys are overseas, 2/3rd of the charitable spending is in the UK.
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