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Nacional Monte de Piedad Uses a Novel Social-Value Measure for Allocating Grants Among Charities

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  • Enrique Garza-Escalante

    (Economics Division, CIDE, Mexico City, 01210 México, D.F.)

  • Arturo de la Torre

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Allocating grants among charities presents several difficulties. Evaluating trade-offs is emotionally difficult and time consuming for trustees; charities that do not receive support complain of favoritism; and sufficient resources are not available to help all charities. This paper presents a unique and flexible metric that maps money granted to units of social value, which we use in a mixed-integer programming model to assist Nacional Monte de Piedad in its annual grant-allocation process. The model captures complex interactions in a simple, understandable, and representative way.

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  • Enrique Garza-Escalante & Arturo de la Torre, 2015. "Nacional Monte de Piedad Uses a Novel Social-Value Measure for Allocating Grants Among Charities," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 45(6), pages 514-528, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:45:y:2015:i:6:p:514-528
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.2015.0811
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