Were do donations go?

Question

Were do donations go?

Answer 1

to the creator of the charity...the world would be a better place if all the millions perhaps billions of charity money actually went to the cause.

Answer 2

Depends on what kind of donations to what kind of charity...

Answer 3

Donations pay for the expenses of a nonprofit. Expenses range from salaries to rent to insurance to copy machines and on and on and on.

There is *nothing* wrong with donations going to salaries. Nonprofit organizations and ngos provide services to their target population, and these services are, for the most part, provided by professionals -- paid staff who have training, academic degrees and experience in a particular area of expertise. Nonprofit organizations also have to hire accountants to ensure that their financial records are accurate,  communications professionals, human resources managers, facilities managers -- maybe even cooks or doctors, depending on the focus of the nonprofit.

Many people smirk at the idea of donations paying for "administrative costs." But consider that, if the organization doesn't have a copy machine, can't produce printed materials to help in its work with a target population, doesn't have computers that allow it to track its work and communicate with donors and the public, etc., the organization cannot function -- and, therefore, *no one* gets served. An organization may be able to serve, say, 10 people if it has no computers, but 100 people if it has computers.

Even if an organization involves volunteers, they are not free: someone has to recruit these people, interview them, check their references if they are going to work with children or vulnerable populations or handle financial or confidential information, train them, supervise them, and track their work, as well as train other staff to work with them -- and that usually takes a paid person, as well as providing training materials, space for the volunteering to take place, etc. So, indeed, involving volunteers is *never* free.

If you want more information, look up some nonprofits on the Internet and read their annual reports.

Answer 4

most of it not to the charity im sorry to say..:( sometimes 60p out of the pound goes to whoever created the charity..its madness