# Donor power

`kaal:entity:donor-power`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `donor-power`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2024 to 2024.

**2024**

- [4685567-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4685567-004) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because Impact 1.0 entrusted individual donors rather than donor collectives with identifying which problems to solve, individual philanthropists can reshape underfunded causes according to their own ideals without meaningful checks and balances or crowd wisdom.
  > Individual philanthropists can leverage underfunded causes and reshape them according to their ideals without significant checks and balances or crowd wisdom considerations.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Impact Investing Innovation - From Impact 1.0 to 3.0 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4685567
- [4685567-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4685567-009) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The absence of an efficient marketplace lets big dollar donors hijack the priorities of impact intermediaries such as foundations, donor advised funds, NGOs and fiscal sponsors, producing a feast or famine pattern for fundable projects.
  > Because of the lack of an efficient marketplace, impact intermediaries, such as foundations, DAFs, NGOs, and fiscal sponsors, among others, often experience their priorities being hijacked by big-dollar donors. This often results in a feast or famine situation for fundable projects in Impact 1.0.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Impact Investing Innovation - From Impact 1.0 to 3.0 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4685567

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