“It is none of the government’s business to oversee fund raising for nonprofits,” says one commentator on The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Prospecting blog. “People need to be wise in making contributions. We really don’t need more “nanny state” involvement to protect us from something that people should take care of for themselves.”

“My gut reaction is to agree that the government has no business regulating charity efficiency,” says another. “But, since they ‘subsidize’ us in effect, through our tax-exempt status, they should have a say at the table. I think, however, they should set standards and expectations that would guide donors, not establish regulations that would box us in.”

Read the comments by those observers and by others —including a leader of the National Association of State Charity Officials — on our Prospecting blog. We hope you will join the debate on these important issues about regulation of fund raising.