June 24, 2012
An MBA’s Sleuthing Skills Put Charities in the Hot Seat
Roark Johnson, for The Chronicle
Daniel Borochoff, head of CharityWatch, says he wants to influence Americans to give more thoughtfully so charities can do more good in the world. “When you get down to it,” he says, “that’s what’s driving me.”
Chicago
Growing up Jewish in Tulsa, Okla., Daniel Borochoff learned two lessons that helped prepare him for the role he has chosen to play in life—that of the charity world’s most persistent watchdog.
First, he says, there were not many other Jews there, so he got used to being different.
“I can be in a room where every single person disagrees with me; that’s okay,” he says.
Second, he found at a young age that asking tough questions
