Btw guys, burnt coins are coins that go for the greater good: for the children. Every coin we save raises the price of BBP and allows us to sponsor more children.
I forgot about that, that's good to know. So not all budget has to be spent, especially if it's not reasonable. I was reading the Dash articles Togo linked earlier, so maybe each time we also have to ask ourselves "is doing this proposal better than burning the coins and increasing value per coin?". But I wonder where is the limit for Compassion, that is, is there a reason why wouldn't all (or most) unspent coins go to Compassion? In other words, which is better - to immediately send more money to the children, or to send less and burn some of it, thereby increasing value for the future sends?
We have a breakdown of 10% for charity, and that slice is sponsoring 188 orphans and is currently in deficit for about $5k. Ill sponsor more from compassion as soon as the deficit is cleared, and as long as someone else does not add a new charity in the budget by then.
REMEMBER ALL: We have IT integration with compassion for the inbound letters, the outbound letters, the orphan row click (biographies), and they have translators, so remember we potentially lose all that if we sponsor children from another charity.