If I had my druthers, I’d abolish door to door collecting altogether. It’s demeaning to the supplicants and creates ample for fraud. charitable giving should be centralized in local agencies which can then investigate applications for assistance and dole out money as needed and appropriate. These agencies would be funded by people’s maaser money. The way to keep infrastructure costs down is to keep the agencies small and inter-networked. Thus they could share certain administrative costs. Additionally small agencies might do a better job of maintaing donor confidence, which has been an issue that has long plagued larger organizations like federations (which incidentally were founded to do away with door to door supplicants for handouts). Something to consider.
