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November 06, 2009

Give and Take: Congress Urged to Force Charities to Prove Their Value

An Iowa newspaper is urging Congress to require charities to prove the contributions they are making to society, notes Give and Take, The Chronicle’s roundup of the most interesting opinions about the nonprofit world.

Plus:

• Concerns about business-charity fund-raising promotions

• Charity effort withdraws from MySpace

• Thoughts about a new book on the art of grant making

Friday November 6, 2009 | Permalink

Comments

1. Shouldn’t Congress prove its own contributions to society (and their constituents) first? These are far more dubious than any charity I can think of. I imagine this is one more swipe at ACORN, an organization that does a remarkable job in its communities.

   — Andrea Grenadier    Nov 6, 03:00 PM    #

2. Whether to donors, clients, or government entities, proving their worth is something nonprofits do on a daily basis. What the sector really needs the government to do is to let the public know that nonprofits pick-up the slack where government and for-profits don’t or won’t fill the need. This country would have more people dying of hunger and disease on a daily basis without the hard work and low pay received by 95% of the sector. And, yes, there are “bad apples” because some people don’t or won’t live by the values they profess.

   — Shelley Hammill    Nov 6, 05:10 PM    #

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