Spare the Self-Righteousness and Prove Your Worth
It would be easy to rail at the news that San Francisco is concerned at the high salaries of executives at some of the nonprofits it funds.
It would also be wrong.
As tempting as it is to say that government has no business poking into nonprofit compensation files, the fact is that all funding comes with strings attached. Whether you’re a start-up with venture capital, a venerable blue chip relying on bank loans and sales revenue, or a nonprofit supported by foundations, donors, and government, somebody wants to know what they’re getting in exchange for the scratch they’re providing.
And they have every right to do so, especially when the funder is using taxpayers’ money.
It’s incumbent on nonprofits to show that their leaders deserve what they’re making, not on governments to silently pony up the dough and then meekly walk away. The fact that they are mission-driven does not mean they have no responsibility to those who fund them, and any self-righteous talk otherwise is counterproductive, especially in this era of accountability. | 501(c)
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