Comments on: Philanthropy Debate Conclusion

By: Mark Petersen

Mark Petersen — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:50:27 +0000

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. Yes

By: John Eastman

John Eastman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:01:55 +0000

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. Yes

By: Michael Maranda

Michael Maranda — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:38:17 +0000

1. There should be a clear (consistent) policy as to when/how services are made available. (It’s up to them/their board.)
2. Philanthropic funders should work to promote the causes they care about and a healthy ecology of organizations in that field. They should shape their funding strategy to improve performance where there is room for improvement and clear benefit in so doing.
3. Preferable from what side? As an outsider to an NPO I would say no, look to the ecology and see what makes sense. From within an NPO, I might feel better about having some revenue, depending on what kind of service I am offering and whether it would improve ability to offer services to others (potential for subsidizing other work that others who need said service wouldn’t be able pay for.)
4. I don’t see the statement as particularly helpful to anyone.
5. I’m here for the long-haul.

By: Dave Chakrabarti

Dave Chakrabarti — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:08:03 +0000

1. No, assuming the services will help the org achieve their mission.
2. No.
3. No.
4. Yes, unless “measuring nonprofit suckage” is a session-length discussion on the agenda.
5. Yes, certainly.

By: Bruce Trachtenberg

Bruce Trachtenberg — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:25:53 +0000

1.Need to know more before I can answer. I hate hypotheticals.
2.Not black and white either. Really depends on mission of the foundation. If you are funding small, unproven organizations, still in start up mode, then the answer is no.
3. No
4. Let people say what they want.
5. This is the one question I can answer yes without equivocation.

By: Nick Hernandez

Nick Hernandez — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:11:22 +0000

1. Yes, it may help the other nonprofit improve.
2. Yes
3. No
4. No, given the criteria for the label are understood by everyone.
5. Yes

By: Daniel Ben-Horin

Daniel Ben-Horin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:47:30 +0000

1 - this is not a “yes or no” question. It very much depends
2. yes
3. another very nuanced question that doesn’t yield a ‘yes or no’ answer from my pov.
4. yes
5. Yes, if/as time permits.

By: Bob McInnis

Bob McInnis — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:42:56 +0000

1.Yes
2.Yes
3.Yes
4.No
5.Yes

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:22:14 +0000

I’m cheating:

1. No when the services will help them improve; Yes when doing so limits the org’s capacity to serve more effective clients
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. Yes

By: M

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:08:45 +0000

I am breaking the rules a bit…

1. Usually No
2. It Depends
3. Emphatically No
4. No
5. Yes

By: Holden

Holden — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:05:42 +0000

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No [often they are - but I think the question's asking whether they necessarily are]
4. No
5. Yes

By: Sean Stannard-Stockton

Sean Stannard-Stockton — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:42:20 +0000

1) Yes.
2) Yes.
3) No.
4) No.
5) Yes.