That was 20 months ago, and my money is still in the “underwriting” phase—funding projects that are still, of yet, just plans and no nets.
Now, the AMF has had a reasonable reason it was taking longer than expected:
“A provisional, large distribution in a province of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo] will not proceed as the distribution agent was unable to agree to the process requested by AMF during the timeframe needed by our co-funding partner.”
So they’ve hit a snag, the earlier project fell through, and they are only now allocating my money to a new project. Don’t get me wrong, I am very glad they are telling me where my money is going, and especially glad it didn’t just end up in someone’s pocket instead. With that said, though, I still must come to this conclusion:
The AMF seems to have more money than they can use, right now.
So, LW, I have the following questions:
Is this a problem? Should one give their funds to another charity for the time being?
Regardless of your answer to the above, are there any recommendations for other transparent, efficient charities? [other than MIRI]
Donation Discussion—alternatives to the Against Malaria Foundation
About a year and a half ago, I made a donation to the Against Malaria Foundation. This was during jkaufman’s generous matching offer.
That was 20 months ago, and my money is still in the “underwriting” phase—funding projects that are still, of yet, just plans and no nets.
Now, the AMF has had a reasonable reason it was taking longer than expected:
“A provisional, large distribution in a province of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo] will not proceed as the distribution agent was unable to agree to the process requested by AMF during the timeframe needed by our co-funding partner.”
So they’ve hit a snag, the earlier project fell through, and they are only now allocating my money to a new project. Don’t get me wrong, I am very glad they are telling me where my money is going, and especially glad it didn’t just end up in someone’s pocket instead. With that said, though, I still must come to this conclusion:
The AMF seems to have more money than they can use, right now.
So, LW, I have the following questions:
Is this a problem? Should one give their funds to another charity for the time being?
Regardless of your answer to the above, are there any recommendations for other transparent, efficient charities? [other than MIRI]