Daniel Borochoff
Daniel Borochoff
certainly charity credit government impression serious taking
It's certainly not right to be taking credit for something that the government is already doing. It is very serious for a charity to give the impression that it is doing what the government is doing.
category decline giving last three
It is the only category of giving that has experienced a decline in each of the last three years.
aware former frown lady maybe people rough strange time
It's strange that the former first lady would want to do this. If her son's having a rough time of it, couldn't she write him a check? Maybe she isn't aware that people could frown upon this.
number reason
The Number 1 reason Americans give is because they're asked.
charitable help might resources taking
They're taking away charitable resources that might be used to help other people.
available budget fixed front group people percent problem takes wants
Americans have a fixed budget for giving, and if they give to this, it's not available to give to some other charity. If this group wants to tell people that they're not going to get 90 percent of what the fundraiser takes in, if they want to be up front with people, then I have no problem with it.
connected disaster inspired scale
Americans do feel very connected to a wide- scale disaster like this, and they're inspired to do something.
change fixed giving income means people percent stuck taken unless
Americans are stuck at giving 2 percent of their income to charity. What that means is that it's a fixed pie. ... Unless people change their behavior, a lot of giving will be taken away from other groups.
causes donors hard hometown people shame suffer
It's hard to get donors to think about other important causes. It's a shame for the people in Niger and Mali and people in everyone's hometown that are in need. ... They'll have to suffer also because of Katrina.