tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post4529662370851140827..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: Problems we wish we hadLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-73217142904537683962007-04-02T08:04:00.000-07:002007-04-02T08:04:00.000-07:00Is giving away money hard? It all depends what yo...Is giving away money hard? It all depends what your goal is.<BR/><BR/>It's not hard to help people by giving money. It is very hard to help people AS WELL AS POSSIBLE per dollar.<BR/><BR/>The question, as in the finance industry, is: are analysts providing as much benefit with their research and observations as cost with their fees? In finance, this is pretty unclear. <BR/><BR/>Capital markets are followed obsessively by a trillion people looking for any edge. There's ample evidence (i.e., mutual fund performance less fees) that it's overkill.<BR/><BR/>In charity, where the money goes seems 99% determined by personal contacts, fundraising strategy, and glossy brochures. Seems obvious to me that the need is for more analysis, not less.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't change how CRAZY it is that all of these charity analysts are as tight-lipped as financial analysts, when it makes 1000% less sense to be so. If you're hired to figure out how to help people, and you lock what you find in a vault, you aren't serving your client well.Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10526675751850424303noreply@blogger.com