jongalong

Hey Lawrence,

(I'll try to keep this on point)

As a relatively uninvolved person who tends to throw money at the issues that I think are important, I tend to pick organizations that represent an umbrella of causes that I think are worth funding.

I've got a list of organizations that get quarterly or yearly support, and it's based on boring, corporate things like:

1. percentage of funds toward work vs administration
2. annual reports summarizing concrete accomplishments

I would love to help out with your cause (and I have in the past in small ways), but I felt a bit squirrely about all the different organizations that seem to be doing the same thing (as partly addressed in your AMA intro).

I want this to work, but I want to back an organization that has the charisma, intellect, balls, and momentum to actually pull off meaningful reform.

Can you elucidate the different organizations, and provide a bit of a map about who the players are and who is likely to succeed (knowing full well that it will be a biased view)?

This apparent jockeying has made me tentative about committing much cash, even though I think this is one of the fundamentals that needs addressed before we can make progress on other fronts.

Thanks!