Topic: The Mega Thread that Feeds People in Need (1M72Sfpbz1BPpXFHz9m3CdqATR44Jvaydd) - page 10. (Read 49726 times)

The Blockchain.info link you provided had to be translated from Greece, hence me beliving that's where you're from.

I'm not from Greece, and I sort of lost track of the thread, but I'm gonna have a look back over to see what I missed 

Thanks again, Tirapon. I'm going to consider your [7.4] an [8] since I've rounded down several previous donations and feel your current donation is as good, if not better, than some other in the near future.

Jason, assuming Tirapon is also from Greece, do you see what I'm seeing? Two people from a country with problems of its own, reaching out halfway around the world to help others. Perhaps, without disclosure particulars, you can somehow express this fact to those you've been helping.

lol I've completely lost track  

Sending another donation your way!

https://blockchain.info/tx/08d13b560ab4408b5dc6818f0b93390df744a7bf613dc717f0ceb5549f645f4c

Not much but every little helps, eh?

I love that I can donate to a project half way around the world from me, and hopefully make a difference to peoples lives all from the comfort of my own home just with the click of a button. Amazing.

I love baklava. Seriously

The link was in Greek, my ex-wife was Greek, and I like baklava.

I don't know how well that translates to actual greek, but I got the message. Thank you so much chryspano

I hope I did the following ok, first time i tried this feature

Σας ευχαριστώ τόσo ευγενικά, chryspano. H δωρεά σας θα πάει πρoς τη διατρoφή δεκαεπτά άτoμα.

https://blockchain.info/el/tx/5452fbb31dc591daf7e6cd42804aa7cdbc3d37260bba5618d39cda59e0db14c6


I hope my link is ok, first time i tried this feature

Wait till you read my response.

Full disclosure: I received hugs from Rassah and Jason in Atlanta. Does this mean I will soon father a homeless coffee table?  

That was an outstanding response!

this is a lie...

phin does do it for a pat on the back....... not for the money. the money doesnt go to him it goes to charity
so if you do see phin or seans outpost anywhere.. just walk upto them and give them a hug.

(imagines random strangers now assaulting phin with loving hugs even during inappropriate times)

I didn't do for the pat on the back, but since you're there... 

That's an accurate assessment. An I am eternally grateful for your generosity. 

Albeit not formal fundraising efforts, this thread, of which I maintain, and Jason's noble efforts on Reddit are probably the two main funding sources, with the latter being the most successfully, but only because it had a head start.

It doesn't rub me the wrong way at all. I am always happy to talk about what it costs to do what we do.

The answer isn't simple, for a lot of reasons. The biggest is we have been in operation for a relatively short period of time, since March 17, 2013. So we don't have solid income datat. And the second is that we have DRAMATICALLY increased the scope of what we do over that time so we have much larger costs now than we did in March.

But if you average it out we run at a deficit of about $600 per month over direct operational costs. We maintain no office, or administrative staff, and have not billed any fundraising activities against donations. The simple fact is that right now my wife and I pay out of pocket every month to make ends meet. And we are very happy to do that.

There are reasons for that. One is we have never yet engaged in any formal fundraising. Not that we are against it, we have just been very fortunate at the level of contributions we have received from the crypto currency community. To reach a stasis and be truly sustainable we will have to move past that at some point. But we are in the fortunate position of being able to take our time and build fundraising mechanisms/campaigns that make sense for us and are not knee jerk reactions.

I would also like to point something else out, your initial question...

What percentage of your donations go towards administrative costs?

Is a very standard question. And I think it's the wrong question. Currently by that criteria we are a home run, 100%+ direct operational costs. But that isn't as important to me as the end results of what we are able to accomplish. I think charities and non-profits should be judged like startups, only on their results.

For instance which would you prefer...

Non-Profit A

7% Adinistrative costs, 93% Operational that effects an 11% decline in the rate of homelessness in its operational area.

or

Non-Profit B

43% Administrative costs, 57% Operational that effects a 90% decline in the rate of homelessness in the operational area




I would hope you would want Non-Profit B. I would want Non-Profit B.

I firmly believe that the metric to optimize for is end results.


This is the talk that really changed my thinking...

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html


I hope you can take the time to watch it. It is an amazing talk. Dan Pallotta is one of my heros.


I hope I answered your question well enough. I would be happy to talk more about this. And you can always email me at [email protected]

Thanks for the interest.

Jason King
Sean's Outpost










 

Thank you for helping those in need, I hope this question doesn't rub you the wrong way, it's a standard disclosure for non-profits.  What percentage of your donations go towards administrative costs?

David,

This is actually the most important question that can be asked. The amount of waste, fraud, and abuse in the non-profit world is astronomical. And I think we all know how prevalent it is in the Bitcoin world. Do a venn diagram of the two worlds with the honest people in the middle and it's going to be a very small list, unfortunately.

Sean's Outpost, and myself try to be extremely open about what we do, how we do it, and what we utilize funds for. This has been covered a lot, so let me try to link you to some of the stuff...

This is some bitcoin magazine pieces on us...
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6499/an-interview-with-jason-king-from-seans-outpost/

http://bitcoinmagazine.com/sandbox/seansoutpost.pdf


We were also followed around by wire magazine for this piece...


http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/bitcoin-homeless/


Personally I have spoken on the use of Bitcoin for Non-Profits in charities a lot. I was at Bitcoin2013 in San Jose in May where I gave the Presentation Bitcoin:The Future of Panhandling

I also participated in the round table discussion from the Crypto Currency Convention in Atlanta (where I met Bruno/Phin Gage ::photo above in the thread: this past week and am the Featured Speaker at the Austin Bitcoin mini-conference next weekend.

This is me speaking on NPR about bitcoin...

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/fluid-bitcoin-community-not-silent-one

This is me on Porc Therapy being interviewed by Stephanie Murphy of Let's Talk Bitcoin...

http://www.porctherapy.com/tag/jason-king/


This is me on Free Talk Live from Bitcoin2013

http://www.porctherapy.com/2013/05/22/free-talk-live-2013-05-19-from-bitcoin-2013/


But that's me. Maybe that's enough to prove that I am a homeless advocate, but what do we actually DO?

By the numbers, Sean's Outpost has fed over 17,000 meals to the homeless in Pensacola, FL since March 17, 2013. We do sack lunches 4 days a week and participate in 5 hot meals throughout the area each week. We also operate Satoshi Forest, a 9 acre homeless sanctuary here in Pensacola, FL that was purchased with Bitcoin and we have a mortgage that is paid directly in Bitcoin on the property.

http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6939/seans-outpost-announces-satoshi-forest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-F2IH_4ChA


But I think the best testament to what we do is not the stuff we say, it's the things people say about us...

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1krgxa/hardleft121_visits_seans_outpost_or_greg_meets/

 
And most of all. Please come visit. We would love to have you. Anyone, anytime is always welcome to come down and check out what we do. We love company.


I hope that showed a little bit about us. But I am always available to answer any questions and would love to hear from you, my email is [email protected]

Thanks for taking an interest.

Jason King

SeansOutpost.com

https://blockchain.info/tx/408e24db8b75ba8342749ff89b580242248c64b178ff35a4e062af47abff326d

Today's daily bump along with yesterday's donation.

Running Tally: [1,713] Meals! (based on the exchange rate at time of donations)

Sean's Outpost Bitcoin Address: 1M72Sfpbz1BPpXFHz9m3CdqATR44Jvaydd