GiveDirectly isn’t rated by Charity Navigator, but would also do well by these metrics. So far, of every $1 that’s been donated to GiveDirectly, between 87¢ (in Uganda) and 90¢ (in Kenya) has been transferred to the poor, with the rest spent on enrolment, follow-up and transfer costs. With every $1 they spent on fundraising, they raised $100 in donations, a remarkable number compared to the average of $4 of donations raised for every $1 spent on fundraising. They had an overheads ratio of 6%, spending just $124,000 on administration costs out of an expenditure of $2.2 million. Much of the
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