I don't know how feasible due diligence in assessing the quality of the grantees would be.
An example:
I donate $1000 to cancer charity A and they fund a research grant at Harvard Medical College
-or-
I donate $1000 to cancer charity B and they fund a research grant on the power of prayer on cancer at Liberty University
You can understand my concern, besides high over head and excessive advertising, a charity could just piss money down a rat hole, and we wouldn't necessarily know.
Also, a poorly supervised/managed charity might have an employee embezzle $300,000 to fund a perpetually losing gambling habit (has happened around here more than once, BTW) and that is fucking annoying too.
An example:
I donate $1000 to cancer charity A and they fund a research grant at Harvard Medical College
-or-
I donate $1000 to cancer charity B and they fund a research grant on the power of prayer on cancer at Liberty University
You can understand my concern, besides high over head and excessive advertising, a charity could just piss money down a rat hole, and we wouldn't necessarily know.
Also, a poorly supervised/managed charity might have an employee embezzle $300,000 to fund a perpetually losing gambling habit (has happened around here more than once, BTW) and that is fucking annoying too.
