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Comment by theshrike79

2 years ago

It is for a non-profit asking for donations. If they want half a mill salaries, they should become for-profit instead.

The beauty of non profits is everyone thinks they're staffed with saints, when the truth is far less beatific.

  • Absolutely. A former student of mine worked for a non profit in Afghanistan (his home country) for a few years. Said non profit was flying in McKinsey consultants for very short gigs at six figures (USD).

    Same can be said about many LGBT non profits that have shifted their goals in the developed world on the "T" part of the acronym. On countries where marriage equality is a given, no one is going to fund an NGO focused on gay marriage... so they need a new cause to fight for.

Profit or non-profit is not about paying market rates. Even non-profits have to pay reasonably competitive salaries to attract and retain good employees.