Originally Posted by bikiola

Its not making fun at all. Say you gave me 50K. I invest it - or gamble it, whatever - and get $150k in 3 years. Then I return your 50K. You've made zero money, in fact lost money, while I've made $100k. That to me is a little ingracious. You are losing money here because during that three years, with a 3% inflation, your $50k you gave me is now 48k...

Other companies that have done similar things - eg Outlier's "upfront" campaign - at least gave a future discount on a product. So. I gave them $200. I "received" $220 back (in credit after a certain date). That makes much more sense to me.

Also, how is different from donation? Thats obvious. Those are companies whose "product" is activism; you're paying for their staff and their advocacy and transportation and whatever, transparently.