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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Tax-free charitable organizations

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a society with capitalism at its core, externalities exist. That's a fact that everyone agrees with. Nonprofits help mitigate those gaps. Calling all nonprofits scams is misguided at best. I think OP is looking for something more specific. What nonprofits?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm looking for more specific cases.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

I was trying to be tongue-in-cheek but specifically the Roman Catholic Church in a historic context.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are a lot who have an extremely positive impact. It's a small minority that causes a huge number of issues.

I personally help out with a non profit charity and we get a lot done with not a lot financially. The reduced taxes are a huge help.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There are a lot who have an extremely positive impact. It’s a small minority that causes a huge number of issues.

I would argue it's the other way around frankly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair, there are some good ones out there. I worked for a drug-rehab company in the 90s as the IT head that got mostly government funding for a 6 month-rehab-program for non-violent drug offenders (mostly stuff like heroine, cocaine, etc.). We also had an in-prison program but I don’t think that was as effective. Of course to get government contact money we would have to meet lots of strict guidelines too.

I definitely more wary of ones that don’t get any public funding and therefore have practically no guardrails and less forced transparency.