The Non-Profit Dilemma
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Many of us hold some version of the following beliefs:
- The purpose of Business is to make money, specifically, to achieve the best return on investment for its shareholders. - The purpose of a Non-Profit Organization is to make the world a better place. - For-Profit businesses, from their profits, support Non-Profit Organizations. - The world is not nearly as good as it could be. Non-Profit Organizations could make the world a much better place if only more people, more businesses, and more government entities would give themmore money. - Many (if not most) businesses don’t really make the world a better place as they work to make a profit. Many businesses actually damage the environment, local communities, and human relationships - some maybe just a little bit, some more so, and some maybe a lot - in their quest to make and maximize profits.
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