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What’s the best way to solicit donations for a charity? New research suggests that telling donors that none of their money will go toward overhead may be very effective at raising money. But it also comes with a few potential pitfalls.<\/p>\n

In a study<\/a> published in Science <\/em>on Thursday (10\/30\/2014), a team of researchers showed that giving people the opportunity to donate directly to a charity program \u2014 with a promise that the money wouldn’t go to overhead \u2014 was far more effective than either matching donations or letting donors know about existing seed money.<\/p>\nButton Text<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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