Are charity orginizations wasting their money on mailing???

[mendy from lakewood]

I've done some work for a tzedaka organization at one point and got to see first hand how much money goes to waist on these mailings....we have to put a stop to them! On a typical day I get 5 mailings which all get thrown out and so do many other people. Orginizations have to realize not to spend $10,000 on a mailing only to get back $15,000 which essentialy means 2/3rds of your donation is going towards these mailings!

I don't know if this is how every organization works but this is how it seems to me.

[Aaaron]

I've done some work for a tzedaka organization at one point and got to see first hand how much money goes to waist on these mailings....we have to put a stop to them! On a typical day I get 5 mailings which all get thrown out and so do many other people. Orginizations have to realize not to spend $10,000 on a mailing only to get back $15,000 which essentialy means 2/3rds of your donation is going towards these mailings!

I don't know if this is how every organization works but this is how it seems to me.

Isn't that $5,000 they wouldn't get otherwise?

[MarkS]

Isn't that $5,000 they wouldn't get otherwise?

Yes but it sucks for the guy who gives $100 and only $33 reaches the org and then other expenses have to be paid before finally $20 goes to help the poor person

[yoshyosh]

don't organizations get the mailings printed in china for cheap and sent for free to every address in the USA because of being subsidized by government?

[mendy from lakewood]

don't organizations get the mailings printed in china for cheap and sent for free to every address in the USA because of being subsidized by government?

i am referring to Jewish mailings...just calculate the price of stamps to every Jewish household!

[unavailable]

I think most organizations make money by selling the names of the donors, so when giving $100, the org makes more than just $33.
But this causes more organizations to spend more on mailings.
And the world turns.