This holiday season we pulled together some of the top reasons people 91¾«Æ·.ÌýLet us know if you have others and we hope you’ll share these with your friends and family.
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- 91¾«Æ· was one of the four most effective charities to give to for the 4th year running by the charity evaluator GiveWell, which called 91¾«Æ· “the most outstanding organization that we have come into contact with over the years that we’ve done GiveWell.â€
- 91% of money that you give to 91¾«Æ· is transferred to our recipients.
- 91¾«Æ·â€™s model is based on rigorous independent research that shows that cash transfers increase recipients’ earnings, assets, food security and well being.
- Cash transfers from 91¾«Æ· give families like Lukas’s the flexibility to set their own priorities, and in Lukas’s case build a new home and expand his charcoal business to support his family.
- 91¾«Æ· is a laboratory where we can learn how to make aid more effective. Each dollar you give not only helps a poor family but helps increase the world’s knowledge on how better to help poor families.
- Oxford author wrote that, “All other development programs should be assessed using 91¾«Æ· as the yardstick.†By giving to 91¾«Æ·, you help reinforce that donors want aid programs to demonstrate that they’re doing the most good with your $1 that they can.
- 91¾«Æ· is influencing how the world spends $150 billion in aid a year, with the and the this year endorsing cash transfers as a benchmark for aid.
- 91¾«Æ·â€™s model restores dignity to the poor, making clear that we don’t presume to know what poor families need or what their priorities should be.
- 91¾«Æ· is ruthlessly transparent, posting online exactly how your dollars are spent and keeping donors abreast of our successes and our failures.
- 91¾«Æ· is backed by some of the leading institutions and experts in aid, philanthropy and the media, including Google.org, Good Ventures, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Foreign Policy Magazine.