There is a dirty secret in the nonprofit sector.
Foundations are predominantly streamlined tax havens.
And they’re surely not experts on how to create, deliver, or assess nonprofit programs.
Yet most nonprofits are told that the best way to survive is to cozy up and learn how to regurgitate impact jargon.
Nonprofits that fund themselves without foundations have a few benefits:
1. There’s no need to justify the organization to anyone other than the community served.
2. You avoid competing with other similar organizations.
3. You dispel the myth that cozying up and groveling is a sustainable strategy.
Don’t build to justify, build to deliver value.