Fundraising costs from a UK perspective
Although fundraising costs are just one way (and not always a good one) of measuring the effectiveness of a nonprofit, it is nonetheless interesting to see stats on the issue. Intelligent Giving, a UK site devoted to helping donors make best use of their philanthropic dollars, has done a comparison. The numbers come from the 1,300 charities in the Intelligent Giving database.![]()
I’m surprised that they have found fundraising costs to be so low. My experience and gut tells me that costs for Canadian organizations would be higher.

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