I think that "administration" is too vague a term to be used helpfully.
Surely we need a different economics to discuss charity effectiveness
(which includes the effectiveness of charitable museums and other cultural
institutions).

For example, when I read that someone else will be paying the
administration costs, that means another charity or govermnent department
will be cutting back somewhere.  If it's another individual or corporation,
it's a fudge.  This is not the same thing as co-administration, which can
be cost effective.

Yes, when you are evaluating charities and charitable appeals, money in
does need to be part of the equasion, but unless a charity's sole function
is to distribute largess, money in and money out is probably not going to
answer the question.  Thinking in terms of imputs, outputs and outcomes is
more difficult than thinking about money, but much more helpful,
especially, I think, for cultural organizations.

With best wishes to all, particularly those for whom the administrative
costs of their musum have paled into insignificance,

Pat


Cheers,

Pat




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