The Importance of Focusing on What Matters

A 2010 report found that, for better or for worse, overhead ratio is the number one piece of information donors are looking for when seeking out information about a charity before they give. Some areas of charitable activity provide hundreds or even thousands of times greater benefits per dollar than others. The discrepancy in cost of preventing or curing blindness and providing a blind person with a guide dog is due to the fact that the inexpensive interventions are only necessary in low-income countries.