I actively donate to charitable causes and use traditional donation channels. Why should I use Philanthropist.org?
From the perspective of social causes, many traditional channels are not adequate for serving the interests of many small-scale social causes. Many respected non-profits are in fact large bureaucracies that often spend one-third or more of their charitable contributions soliciting for more contributions. Large bureaucracies are efficient at serving the needs of large-scale social causes, but they are simply not structured to address the millions of small opportunities to affect positive social change. In addition, bureaucracies tend to be far less transparent than smaller, more efficient organizational systems. This means that a donor rarely sees the direct impact of his or her contribution. By using a more efficient system that addresses small-scale social causes, generous philanthropists can not only see with their own two eyes the fruits of their donation, but in the grand scheme waste less money fueling an ongoing bureaucracy while accomplishing the same amount of social good.
