# Making grantmaking even more of a lottery?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/09/20/making-grantmaking-even-more-lottery/
- Published: 2000-09-20T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Martin Wainwright argues in The Guardian today that allocating university places,
council housing, and even charitable grants by lottery is “as rational a method 
as any.” Some fundraisers might think grantseeking can be a lottery itself, so is
this suggestion worth taking seriously?

Read Analysis: the lottery of life in The Guardian.

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