Nonprofits exist as a way for philanthropists to offgas the wealth that they are generating in the service of harm
and we in the nonprofit sector try to repair that harm
but it’s toxic
as if nonprofits can only exist if there’s
a lot of the money that supports nonprofits, in many cases the majority, is coming from regular people
but maybe 80% is coming from grassroots donors, but your organizational priorities come from the philanthropists and foundations that are funding your work– they’re running the show basically
this would be great to bring on people from the Grassroots Fundraising Institute
- amazing training demystifying, being clear who is funding the work
- resource generation, as an organization working with wealthy people to learn the stories of where their money comes from
this money came from slavery, holocaust, diamond mines large amounts of money don’t come without harm if you go back far enough land, human time, effort where it’s coming from
in the cooperative movement, we’re really clear, we’re confronted with a choice: what is our central activity going to be at this point knowing what we know about how resources generated and money moves
how do we move the economy toward support of dynamic, living, loving life
the movement definitions of economics: the management of home
land food you can grow on it and begin to invest in systems