Comments on: Where’s the beef?: Big projects swallow up all the money http://nonprofiteer.net/2009/04/06/wheres-the-beef-big-projects-swallow-up-all-the-money/ Nonprofits Without The Nonsense--and that's just the tip of the iceberg! Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nonprofiteer http://nonprofiteer.net/2009/04/06/wheres-the-beef-big-projects-swallow-up-all-the-money/#comment-1760 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:23:51 +0000 http://nonprofiteer.net/?p=1585#comment-1760 I’m not sure how we create a predictable revenue stream for nonprofits without making them entirely dependent on client payments; but you’re correct that funding for human services shouldn’t be dependent on whether there’s cash left over from athletic contests. Money from the government is not often predictable, but if all of us in the nonprofit sector devote efforts to making sure stimulus-package money flows through our hands, we’ll help ourselves, our clients and the general economy.

]]> By: Newstips v2.0 » Blog Archive » Olympic giving http://nonprofiteer.net/2009/04/06/wheres-the-beef-big-projects-swallow-up-all-the-money/#comment-1692 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:27 +0000 http://nonprofiteer.net/?p=1585#comment-1692 [...] Nonprofiteer has a full discussion. [...]

]]> By: Jim Simpson http://nonprofiteer.net/2009/04/06/wheres-the-beef-big-projects-swallow-up-all-the-money/#comment-1691 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:28:13 +0000 http://nonprofiteer.net/?p=1585#comment-1691 Money for people in need shouldn’t be the focus of subjective discussion by athletic event holders. Until the revenue stream for people focused non-profits has a predictable mid point that covers the basic overhead which is not dependent upon the successful chase of gifts and grants, and un-predictable corporate, government and investment vagaries, taking care of people won’t be the legitimate claim of people focused non-profits.

]]> By: Yana Davis http://nonprofiteer.net/2009/04/06/wheres-the-beef-big-projects-swallow-up-all-the-money/#comment-1689 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:54:53 +0000 http://nonprofiteer.net/?p=1585#comment-1689 That Chicago attitude, mirrored in some other places in the US, by the way, can be characterized as the difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

The Neanderthals come off better, by the way, because scientists now believe that Neanderthals hunted cooperatively while Homo sapiens – with more flexible arm motion and better weapons – tended to hunt in pairs or alone.

Bottom line, Neanderthals probably would have been better – and more transparent – philanthropists than we’ve turned out to be. Who knew?

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