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Comment author: timtyler 15 March 2012 12:25:57PM *  2 points [-]

Often goods or needy beneficiaries are also involved. Charity actions are sometimes classified into:

  • Program Expenses
  • Administrative Expenses
  • Fundraising Expenses

This can be used as a heuristic for identifying good charities.

Not enough in category 1 and too much in categories 2 and 3 is often a bad sign.

Comment author: Larks 16 March 2012 01:07:52AM *  8 points [-]

But they're not buying malaria nets, they're doing thought-work. Do you expect to see an invoice for TDT?

Quite appart from the standard complaint about how awful a metric that is.