Once you’ve decided where to focus your giving, you need to choose specific charities to support. Then you need to work out the best ways of supporting them and make sure you get the appropriate feedback to measure the results. Some of your considerations may include:
How do I find effective charities?
How can I avoid the paperwork associated with supporting multiple charities?
What questions should I ask on charity visits and how do I analyse grant proposals?
How can I help in other ways – for example, by volunteering?
How do I monitor the grants?
What kind of feedback should I expect from the charity?
How and when do I stop funding a charity?
Minimal time, maximum impact
‘We wanted to give with minimum fuss. NPC’s advisor suggested three child abuse charities that they had analysed. We read through NPC’s two-page reports, chose one we liked and wrote a cheque. A year later, NPC reported back to us on what our money had achieved.’
A wealthy individual and his wife
Learning by doing
‘NPC ran a workshop to teach us how to analyse charities and helped us put this into practice on some of our funding applications. They are taking us on a charity visit so we can see the work first hand. This time next year, we hope to have the knowledge and resources to make and implement effective funding decisions ourselves.’
Daughter, Family Trust