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Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by potamic on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:24PM (#30013462)
I can't believe this practice is so ubiquitous all over the world. It is such a clear cut case of conflict of interest and should be made a textbook example that ends all discussion but here we are. An organisation that apparently has no funds to do its job, spends all its funds in employing people to gather funds so that it can continue to keep paying salary to those people gathering funds.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by AlbertCory on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:03PM (#30013953)
For other examples, look at "administrative costs" at 501(c)(3) organizations, via Charity Navigator.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by maratbn on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:54PM (#30014814)
501(c)(3) corporations typically do not have armed robbers walking around in public robbing anyone they please.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by AlbertCory on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:59PM (#30014885)
The comment was specifically about orgs that spend most of their money raising more money.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by relaxing on Thursday January 20, 2022 @05:29PM (#30016165)
But it’s not a conflict of interest for a charity to do so.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by AlbertCory on Thursday January 20, 2022 @05:40PM (#30016312)
That depends on what you consider a conflict of interest.

Avoiding any actual names: if Charity X advertises itself as a leading way to fight hunger / homelessness / animal abuse / poverty, but 90% of X's budget goes to raising more money, I call that "a conflict of interest." (90% is not a disqualifying amount, by the way.)

As a donor, if you think you're fighting <whatever> but what you're really doing is providing salaries for friends and family of the founders, then you're actually doing something else. What would you call it?