# Rattled confidence: charity fundraising costs

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/10/21/rattled-confidence-charity-fundraising-costs/
- Published: 1999-10-21T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Are charities spending too much on fundraising? The eternal question for fundraisers
is given a new spin by a report from Directory of Social Change published today.

The report, “Fundraising Costs”, claims that the 500 top charities spend not 9% 
on fundraising as reported by Charities Aid Foundation, but 19%. This recalculation
is based not on comparing charities’ fundraising expenditure with total income, 
but on the donated income directly generated.

The report is available by sending a 49p SAE to the DSC. Unfortunately it does not
appear to be published on the DSC’s original [Web site](http://www.d-s-c.demon.co.uk)
or its [new](http://www.dsc.org.uk) one.

Read David Brindle’s [report](http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3914187,00.html)
in The Guardian

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