reading this conversation confirmed my suspicions that there are 3 types of tzeddakah givers in the world:
type 1: gives tzeddakah for the sake of the mitzvah, for the sake of giving, to the places he deems worthy and without any other motives. these people may even specifically not give to the organizations that have fancy advertising campaigns.
type 2: give tzeddakah cuz they know they need to, but are most likely to give it to a place where they will “get something out of it,” a place that offers them an extra incentive.
type 3:only give the amount of tzeddakah they do because of the fancy incentives and cuz they feel like they’re getting something tangible.
i think our community is probably 20% type 1, 70% type 2, and 10% type 3.
this is what i concluded from running a chinese auction and from paying close attention to things like this thread and places like mishpacha inbox (after the askanim article).
is this a good thing? is there anything we can do to change this? why should the smaller organizations who dont hold fancy fundraisers, but are often more worthy than most of the bigger organizations who spend money on advertising, be struggling so much accomplish their goals if Hashem put enough money in the world for everyone to have what they need? any ideas? solutions?