I've Noticed Some Charities

[lankeela]

are requesting donations of 'odd' amounts for example £29.06 to help the homeless - do they think it makes people more likely to donate? I would have thought a rounded up amount of £10 or £20 would be more likely to get more people to donate. I wonder if this is some advertising executive's idea.

[AuntPG]

Is it perhaps something to do with the Tax you can reclaim on donations?

[pastafreak]

I noticed that amount also...and wondered.

[Mamyalynne]

It's called the 'Pique Technique'

https://bloomerang.co/blog/the-pique-technique-how-it-can-enhance-your-fundraising-ask-strings/

[McMouse]

Interesting link Mamyalynnr. Clever people these charities folk.

[Mamyalynne]

It's advertising and Business just like any other - they have to get your attention first.

[Peter Pedant]

// Is it perhaps something to do with the Tax you can reclaim on donations?//

no - you should always give via giftaid and not to street collectors.

[lankeela]

Well it wouldn't make me give more - my donation would be the usual £5 or £10. I think its just greedy and more likely to get less people donating because they would feel they can't afford a larger amount.

[Mamyalynne]

Most if not all Charities will accept a donation of any amount.

[douglas9401]

Well I think it's poptastic.

[THECORBYLOON]

If fewer folk give a larger amount, it might amount to a higher figure than more folk giving a smaller amount.

[Stickybottle]

I rarely give to charities
I find it obscene that less than 1 percent of the worlds population own 80 percent of the wealth in the world

Or organisations like the catholic church ask the poorest church goers worldwide for donations when the Vatican wealth is estimated between 10 and 15 billion dollars

Multi billionaires see space travel as a hobby whilst people become homeless and children go hungry

Footballers earn multi millions but still dodge tax yet avoid jail
How much money can one spend in a lifetime ?

Off my soap box now !

[emmie]

i too wondered at that, now we know. I rarely give money to charities, except RBL, or in distant times the RNLI. I do however donate clothes to British Heart Foundation and Shelter.

[sanmac]

By coincidence, I was just watching TV, and there was a commercial sponsored by St. Jude Hospitals, a group of hospitals in the US specializing in cancer treatment for children, and they were asking for donations of the odd amount of $19 per month.