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Originally Posted by shimano
If that is the case then that is even worse. The victims will get ZERO. You tried to prove me wrong but doing so you made my point.
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Salaries are an important part of nonprofit work. You have to fairly (if not competitively) compensate those who are in the field. You get what you pay for -- good leadership nets good results.
I'm not saying that organizations who are specifically requesting Haitian relief should be giving their executives bonuses.
When you run a campaign for a specific cause, that funding should go to that cause.
But
general direct public appeals (annual fund, for example) can, should, and do go toward the organization in whatever way the organization sees fit, which usually is salary and operating costs, because the direct service components are often paid for by other grants and donations.
And to look at at another way, if my organization got a donation of ten million dollars RIGHT NOW that was earmarked specifically for surgeries for cleft palates, that would be money wasted ultimately, because it far outweighs the need. Realistically, two million of that could go toward cleft palates, and the rest could go toward purchasing a state-of-the-art facility and competitive salaries.
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