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Because most NGOs (I know it's not all of them, but I would say the majority) are bullcrap, do-nothing orgs. Spending more money on lobbying and staffing than t
by beshrkayali 13y ago
Because most NGOs (I know it's not all of them, but I would say the majority) are bullcrap, do-nothing orgs. Spending more money on lobbying and staffing than the original cause.
- professorTuring 13y agoI respect your opinion but we don't do that and we don't plan to.
- narag 13y agoAlso he clearly hasn't took the five minutes to read the memory. Nice project! An email is in your way, I hope I can help.
- yuvipanda 13y ago[citation needed] I work for one (Wikimedia Foundation), and we seem to be doing alright.
- beshrkayali 13y agoThat's why I said it's not all. I'm not generalizing, I'm just stating the fact of what I've noticed.
- nollidge 13y agoYou're not stating a fact, you're stating an opinion as though it were a fact. Don't be surprised when nobody's fooled.
- grageth 13y agoI think you should spend more time looking into NGOs before generalizing. There are some really bad ones out there true. But the majority are filled with amazing people, amazing leadership and do amazing things. The reality is that as an organization grows bigger they have far higher administration costs. A for profit company grows naturally as their income and reach grows, so higher staffing needs are covered by the growth of the company. NGOs do not have that luxury, they have to get more donations and those donations often have to go to administration costs. What I look for when donating is a transparent organization that details these costs. Some NGOs I've been involved with do separate drives for their administration costs, which means general donations go directly to their work. The great thing is that there are many people that understand that running an organization costs money and are happy to donate to those drives.
- rayuwa 13y agoI believe what you're referring to is pilotitis.