Expanded typology describes many more ways charities are being cut out of doing good

  • New white paper expands the typology of ‘disintermediation’ – all the ways other actors displace nonprofits in giving, asking for support, and providing aid and help
  • Disintermediation is marked by whether or not a charity retains control in, and of, relationships with stakeholders – applies particularly to fundraising re donors
  • New concept of ‘citizen fundraiser/ing’ goes beyond ‘volunteer’ to describe fundraising done by lay people outside the remit of the fundraising profession
  • More detail on how other actors, particular companies, are delivering services and providing help to people in need
  • Expanded typology is first step in mapping the routes that charities could take to ‘reintermediate’ into the relationships and processes from which they are displaced
  • Seeking partners to co-create a toolkit to help charities reintermediate.
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