Daniel Borochoff
Daniel Borochoff
category decline giving last three
It is the only category of giving that has experienced a decline in each of the last three years.
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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.
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The beauty of the nonprofit sector is its diversity. Americans need to figure out that they should use the Red Cross, but don't use the whole wad. Save it for some other groups.
disguise
It's really a way to disguise your fund-raising.
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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.
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The Red Cross is a brand name, and people automatically pick it for donations. But there are a lot of local groups who could use assistance and reimbursement, and the Red Cross isn't willing to do that.
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The Red Cross has turned over a new leaf.
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If they can't demonstrate they're using it for research purposes, or if they can't show that they're turning a profit and generating revenue for the charity, then it is highly questionable and doesn't look like something a charity should be doing.
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When there are people suffering and people in need right now, it's a harder argument to give money to a memorial, to a capital campaign, or an endowment.
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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.
number reason
The Number 1 reason Americans give is because they're asked.
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They're taking away charitable resources that might be used to help other people.
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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.