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Charities need concrete scaling plans, not just dreams

Charities, particularly in the animal welfare and global health sectors, often present ambitious scaling dreams to donors but lack concrete plans for achieving them. The author, managing Ultra Philanthropy's Mid-Stage Global Health Fund, observes that while funding may increase, these organizations frequently underestimate the complexities of scaling, such as management, leadership, and operational costs. Many scaling models project unrealistic gains in cost-effectiveness and fail to account for the increased overhead required as organizations grow. AI

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Charities need concrete scaling plans, not just dreams

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · jackultraphil ·

    Donors should push animal welfare and global health charities to have more robust scaling plans

    <h3><span>Many organisations have a dream for scaling. Fewer have a plan.</span></h3><img alt="A team of four people works inside a complex, warmly lit engine room, surrounded by pipes, valves, gauges and machinery, viewed through a large oval window set into a dark metal casing.…