Finance. Investing. Economy. Business. Technology. Money. Charity. Donation.

Crypto for Philanthropy and Charity.

What are the latest trends in charities. How effective and focused.

How have charities adapted to the new tech economy.

Markets.

Investment. Money that goes to charity does not go towards infrastructure spending or business investment or higher employment. Similar to how government borrowing by issuing bonds results in higher government spending and larger government programs. Rather than lowering interest rates or lowering debt.

Boom. Charities can raise plenty of funds during good economic times and stock bubbles due to tax benefits. But when economy is in a downturn then there are fewer donations. When there is actually greater need.

Bubbles. Stock market bubble leads to NGO bubble. More causes. More workers. More goals. More competition for workers, supplies, services. Usually prices are higher and so cost of charity projects and labor is higher.

Foundations and NGOs.

Causes. The list of issues and causes is huge. The wealthy foundations provide funding for certain causes. Donors have fixation on themes and ideologies and personal agendas. Bad ideas may get funding. Certain charities are so large that they drive entire causes. More funding than the aid budget of entire countries.

Profiles. Causes have a certain profile. NGOs go with causes that are popular and have media exposure and where it is easy to get funding. Managers could be hired for fund raising ability and social contacts. Methods and techniques and goals have to get funding approvals. Less tangible things may be neglected. More glamorous issues get promoted. Global issues versus local or national needs.

Monitoring.

Effects. Lot of money goes for housing, education, health, food, art, research. In a lot of these cases the prices have increased while quality has decreased. I am not saying there is a correlation or taking advantage. But is there a decrease in crime or homelessness.

Tracking. The number of issues keeps going up. War. Drought. Famine. Plague. Climate. Protests. More money is spent every day. More demand for services. How many issues get solved. Where is the accountability for causes. How many economies become sustainable and developing local businesses. How many communities and cultures are robust and thriving and healthy. How many governments are functional and honest and responsive.

Administration. What about the responsibility of governments. Taxation, elections, politicians and bureaucracies are factors. Should governments need to attract more businesses or government contracts or tourism or charities. What about effective programs and policies. Non official groups such as media, charities, technology startups, social engineering organizations start to dictate. Charities that provide a social security net may be less open to more government regulations in general.

Society.

Neighborhoods. Outside of work and bills. How does poverty affect crime. How does the community grow over time with resources spent on charity. How much time is spent towards causes versus personal growth, relationships and building communities. What about art, craft, culture, entertainment, sport. Social activity and personal time.

Business. How can businesses compete. Businesses have to deal with investment, employment, vendor, supplier, customer, rising real estate and rising prices. On one hand large enterprises like Google have free internet products and a global reach. On the other hand the local population is served by charity. The unicorn startups are more about becoming millionaires by creating scalable businesses. The charitable wings of mega corporations may work to support the business divisions.

Block Chains.

DeFi and Crypto. How true is this these days with charity and philanthropy. This type of analysis is sometimes seen in media. What is the experience. Now with DeFi and Crypto and Block Chains has the future changed so much. I am not talking about how people made their money, or tax benefits, or media promotion, or personal culpability.

Advantages. Crypto currencies are easier to track. Lower transaction costs. More anonymous. More secure. International donations. Lower taxes. Faster. Tech Workforce. Younger generations. Smaller organizations. Varied causes. Cause focus. Index cause funds. Some platforms: AidChain for AidPay. Alice Funding Platform. BitGive. The Giving Block. Every.org. Engiven. BitPay. Endaoment. GiveCrypto.org. CryptoForCharity.io. Giveth. Disberse. GiftCoin. Fidelity.

Please post your experiences.

Summary for Philanthropy Issues.

Support safety net. Look for corporate responsibility, financial insurance. Overcome problem Or is it social engineering, welfare promotion, rich cause Vibrant society. Does it lead to thriving sustainable fair equal honest society. With art culture religion recreation and leisure. Government accountability.

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References. Various studies online.