The fundraisers may be employed directly by the charity as part of an 'in-house' team. They may also be employed by an agency working specifically in the area of fundraising. In this case, the company is usually paid a fee per person signed up. This fee can be around GBP 70 [Source: GBP 350 return on investment at 5:1 return, [3] ].
I would never donate to a charity which employs chuggers. It just bugs me. I also recently ceased contributing to charities run under the auspices of religious organisations for personal ethical reasons. They probably do great work too but I prefer not to support them directly (they probably get some of my taxes through the Government aid scheme anyway).I agree that 'chuggers' can be irritating but it wouldn't be enough to put me off donating money to a very worthy cause?
Does this apply wherewhere you voluntarily (i.e. not in response to a chugger (evil practice) or to a specific advertising campaign) set up an S/O to a charity?IVery little of the money collected by direct debit in the first year or two goes to the charity.
Did you give her and other donors back the 30% of donations that ended up in your pocket? Or was that admin cost legitimate in your own mind?I quit after an older lady "donated" £10 , saying that she saved £1 per week for a few months before Christmas so she could donate it.....I reckon she never thought that only £2 would make it to the actual charity,
I sponsor a child with world vision, and am becoming very disillusioned with they way they keep sending me so much post.
I know I am supposed to get updates from the child we sponsor but I get lettters on a weekly basis, asking for more money, highlighting particular issues, reports on the development work etc.
I have asked them to stop sending this mail as I could just as easily read this via the internet but it keeps coming.
It makes me query how much of my money is being used for advertising, admin etc.
Now I know they need to advertise but this is getting over the top.
Surely depends on the charity?Mr. LNR and I have been donating money, €25 standing order, every month for the last number of years (at least 8 years) to Concern. I realised some of this money was being used for admin but are you really saying that only 20% is actually reaching those who need it.
On a side note - for annual donations of €250 or more to a registered charity you should make sure to return a Revenue CHY1 form to the charity in question if it would allow them to claim back tax that you have paid and thereby boost the value of your donation. For example the Red Cross website explains the deal here.So every year when we donate €300 only €60 of that is being used as we intended. Surely I am mistaken.
Maybe individual charity annual reports clarify their admin cost base/overheads? Unfortunately charities are not really regulated in Ireland as far as I know. I don't think that the proposed Charity Regulation Bill ever made it through the system yet?Are there any charities out there who actually pass on more of the money than a mere €60 out of €300 donated. Are there any charities who use the donations better?
You mean his status is perhaps one of independent contractor with responsibility for his own taxes so?he wanted to go under paye for wages and they told him to get lost, that they would get some one else if he insisted on going through paye.
I don't see how that necessarily follows from what you have posted.they dont want to declare him as an employee because they know they are doing something crooked!!
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