Give with Ella — Restoring trust in charity by forcing transparency

“ 👋 Hi PH, I have often thought about how I can do my bit to help make a difference, to somehow better the lives of those less fortunate than me. The obvious solution was to turn to the people already doing this, charity. But the problem I found is that it just isn't easy to know where I should donate my money so that it actually makes an impact for the cause I'm supporting. You hear tale after tale of money being eaten up by huge admin costs and little about how charities are actually making a difference. 🛠 Solution Ella is a tool that helps to sort the good charities from the not-so-good, by combining a breakdown of a charity's income and expenditure into clear & obvious categories and crowdsourcing public perception of a charity. So now if you're undecided about where to give, you can turn to data and the view of others to help you make that decision. 👉 Features - Learn about a charitable cause, the problems, solutions, and the charities working on it. - Search for a charity or cause by name or keyword - Quick view charity trust scores and key metrics - View a breakdown of a charity's income and expenditure for their most recent financial year - View historical income and expenditure information for the past five years - View crowdsourced ratings of how the general public feels about a charity - Contribute your own scores to a charity 🙏 Let me know what you think! I'm keen to make Ella into a really useful tool not only for supporters, but for charities too. ”
– Daniel Meade

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