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Re:Announcing 10x donation matching on Watsi by chaseadam17 on Monday September 19, 2016 @03:56PM (#12534205)
100% of donations directly fund patient care. We even pay the credit card processing fees out of our own pocket in order to keep the administrative costs at 0% for donors. If you donate $10, it'll be matched to $100, and every cent will go to the healthcare provider to cover the cost of the patient's care.

We can afford to do this by 1) raising money separately from a group of donors to cover our administrative costs and 2) enabling people who donate to patients to add a tip to help cover administrative costs (despite it being optional, ~2/3 of donors tip).

We're too new to have been rated by Charity Navigator. Regardless, even when we are rated I won't point donors there. I think Charity Navigator is a valuable tool (more transparency around nonprofits is a good thing imo) but I don't think it's an effective way of evaluating an organization's impact. It's focused on what % of donations nonprofits spend on programs (vs administration) but not on whether the programs work.

Re:Announcing 10x donation matching on Watsi by maxerickson on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:37PM (#12534967)
You need to find a better way to discuss the separate pools of money. Each of the three sources of funds you mention is donated.
Re:Announcing 10x donation matching on Watsi by henryaj on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:46PM (#12535029)
Agreed on the Charity Navigator front. I'm guessing Watsi hasn't been assessed by e.g. GiveWell? Their top four are where most of my donations go.