Don't forget there's also a cohort of people making a very nice living in managing and running these services!! We have north of 10,000 registered charities operating here, there are huge inefficiencies in such replication.My own view is that these sorts of efforts inadvertently let the government off the hook by papering over systemic failings. Feels very Victorian and allows ministers to offload some responsibility when hunger should absolutely not be an issue in 21st century Ireland.
That scale is tiny and the lady mentioned in the article is already well above it. As well as scope for fraud and embezzlement there is money laundering risk.Once anything like this gets to a certain scale, there's just too much scope for fraud and embezzlement.
No one gets rich out of charity work but you are correct there is huge overlap between charities.Don't forget there's also a cohort of people making a very nice living in managing and running these services!!
There's not just huge overlap and inefficiency, there's also no way of establishing best practice. If a charity does something (funds a project etc) that turns out to be a complete waste of money they can't let anyone know about it or they will lose funding.No one gets rich out of charity work but you are correct there is huge overlap between charities.
The inefficiency is by design of course - donors want to see buckets being shaken and a visible street presence even if the work can be done more efficiently quietly and at scale.
Charity CEOs were earning €100k+ in 2010. At one stage prior to that, the CEO of one of the biggest charities regularly spoke of their own low pay only for it to be revealed later they were paying their children far more.No one gets rich out of charity work but you are correct there is huge overlap between charities.
The figures for average wages can be misleading as many employees work part time and it's usually unclear of the average salaries they quote are full time equivalent. That said I don't know too many people of the right calibre and skill set that would run an organisation like Concern, turning over well in excess of €100 million, for €100k a year.Charity CEOs were earning €100k+ in 2010. At one stage prior to that, the CEO of one of the biggest charities regularly spoke of their own low pay only for it to be revealed later they were paying their children far more.
Given the number of charities and the amount of cross-over I'd suspect you could save more, making a significant cut from the 10% of donations going on salary. Reducing the competition for donations would likely realise further savings on the ~30% some of them spend on marketing and collections (payments to chuggers).The conversation should be about efficiency, removing duplication of process and which activates add value and which don't. That's probably 30% of your labour cost base removed.
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