Karolina Sarek on why you should start a new charity to help animals, and how Charity Entrepreneurship can help you do it
Aug 23, 2023
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Karolina Sarek, co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, discusses the benefit of joining their charity incubator for animal charities. Topics covered include the long-term focus of ending factory farming, misconceptions in the animal welfare movement, the mission of Charity Entrepreneurship, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. They also touch on legislative changes, upcoming program deadlines, and how to get involved.
Charity Entrepreneurship incubates high-impact animal charities and recommends three ideas for their next program focused on fish welfare in Greece, insect farming, and increasing funding for animal advocacy.
Charity Entrepreneurship evaluates the evidence behind potential ideas but acknowledges the limited evidence available in the animal advocacy space, emphasizing the need for monitoring, evaluation, and research as integral components of interventions.
Charity Entrepreneurship believes in starting new organizations to address unmet needs and pursue innovative strategies, incubating and supporting aspiring founders with resources, guidance, and a supportive community.
Charity Entrepreneurship is a program that incubates high-impact charities focused on various cause areas. They recommend three ideas for the next animal-focused program. The first idea centers around fish welfare in Greece, aiming to influence standards at the EU level while capitalizing on Greece's position as a major fish producer. The second idea focuses on insect farming, addressing sustainability, environmental impact, animal welfare, and safety concerns. The third idea aims to bring new funding into the animal advocacy movement, closing funding gaps and expanding the reach of impactful interventions. The program provides support and resources to aspiring founders, helping them overcome barriers and start effective nonprofits.
Balancing Evidence-Based Approach
Charity Entrepreneurship places importance on evidence-based interventions, but acknowledges the limited amount of evidence available in the animal advocacy space compared to global health initiatives. They evaluate the evidence behind each step in the theory of change for potential ideas, considering the probability of success, impact on animal welfare, and feasibility. They also adapt and improve their research process each year to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. While strong evidence is sought after, they recognize that some interventions may lack sufficient evidence but are still worth pursuing, requiring strong monitoring, evaluation, and research as integral components.
Starting New Organizations vs. Projects
Charity Entrepreneurship focuses on launching new organizations rather than supporting projects within existing organizations. This approach stems from the belief that there are gaps that cannot be filled by current organizations alone. While acknowledging the need for more funding and scaling of existing groups, they see starting new organizations as crucial for addressing unmet needs and pursuing innovative strategies. By incubating and supporting new charities, Charity Entrepreneurship aims to provide aspiring founders with the resources and guidance they need to overcome barriers and effectively tackle important animal advocacy issues.
Addressing Barriers and Providing Support for Starting Charities
Starting a charity can be daunting due to uncertainties, self-perception, and barriers. The organization CE aims to address these barriers by providing support beyond just an incubation program. They have a research team dedicated to finding high-impact ideas and recommending them to founders. They also facilitate co-founder matching and provide training and education on starting and running organizations. Funding is also a crucial part, with CE providing a seed funding network with an 80% success rate. However, the most valuable aspect mentioned by participants is the long-term mentorship and supportive community.
Criteria for Starting Effective Organizations and Overcoming Concerns
CE focuses on researching and recommending ideas that have the potential to be highly effective organizations. They consider factors such as addressing large-scale problems, neglected areas, evidence of effectiveness, and potential limiting factors. Concerns about funding competition and talent recruitment are taken into account. They have a policy against poaching high-impact individuals and consider the confactual impact of co-founders. CE emphasizes that having more impact-focused organizations can benefit the overall ecosystem. They aim to address concerns by conducting cost-effective analysis and ensuring organizations pass rigorous effectiveness criteria before launching.
In this episode, we spoke to Karolina from Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) about the new animal charities they want to incubate in their next program (starting February 2024), what the benefit of joining their charity incubator is, as well as how they select which charities to incubate.
If you’ve ever considered launching a charity to help animals, then this is the podcast for you! If you have a friend that has toyed with the possibility of starting their own project – then please do share this with them!
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