> captured by small groups who manage them as their personal fiefdom

Isn't that intrinsic to what a charity is? They don't have customers, they're not trusts set up on behalf of someone else specific, they're a tax exemption with an ideological mission.

(still short on named examples in this subthread)

> The level of everyday corruption in this country is incredible.

Sounds like the solution is to stop trying to make something like that work in an environment (country) which sounds setup to prevent those sort of efforts. There are lots of countries out there, some are surely a better fit.