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501(c)(3) corporations typically do not have armed robbers walking around in public robbing anyone they please.

• AlbertCory 5y ago
  The comment was specifically about orgs that spend most of their money raising more money.
  • relaxing 5y ago
    But it’s not a conflict of interest for a charity to do so.
    • AlbertCory 5y ago
      That depends on what you consider a conflict of interest. Avoiding any actual names: if Charity X advertises itself as a leading way to fight hunger / homelessness / animal abuse / poverty, but 90% of X's budget goes to raising more money, I call that "a conflict of interest." (90% is not a disqualifying amount, by the way.) As a donor, if you think you're fighting <whatever> but what you're really doing is providing salaries for friends and family of the founders, then you're actually doing something else. What would you call it?