Right and I addressed it at the end of that comment. Saying its fine to donate money if you want. But people shouldn't be ashamed of donating canned food.
>>You should look into the annual reports of your local nonprofit;
This whole article was about efficiency and how much further your money goes if you donate cash. Putting any middle man in there with any budget for operation cuts away from the gains. And if they are getting donations from corporations, then fine, use that money for operations. My money won't be going to them. I'll donate to a church or whoever who is actually doing it from the goodness of their heart. (Note I keep referencing churches, but there are other non religious groups that do it for free not under a non profit corporation, specifically I know for a fact in LA at venice beach there is a group that helps homeless youth by feeding them and offering them a place to sleep, they even hand out condoms.)
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3p3CYauiX8oLjmwRF/purchase-f...
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Regarding your objection to leaders making an income on your donations (an objection I used to share), what if it could be proven that more people are helped more effectively that way? Would that change your mind?
This is addressed in the article. Charities specifically do not outright ban food donations because they don't want to dictate to people how to donate. But receiving a bunch of random food items is logistically harder to organize, store and transport. They prefer monetary donations because they hire logistical specialists who can buy bulk food items at far lower rates than what consumers pay at the grocery.
> Non profit ceos make 100s of thousands of dollars a year. That money comes from cash donations. People don't want to line a ceos pockets they want to help their neighbor.
You should look into the annual reports of your local nonprofit; you may be conflating what CEOs of national/global orgs like Doctors without Borders or United Way get paid vs what a local charity head does. You'll probably also notice that a significant portion of NPF revenue comes from corporate donations. Guess what? They don't give out of the goodness of their hearts. They give because the suits have connections with people in those spheres, and convince them that giving is good for their brand.