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Filthy Lucre: Or, How Non-Profits Get Money but Lose their Souls

The revolution will not be led by a 501(c)(3). Once you start hunting for filthy lucre (aka foundation support), militancy is out; it offends funders and alienates the leaders of other non-profits with whom you must collaborate. Your politics drift toward the center. 

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Author(s): Stephen F. Eisenman
Organization: Counterpunch
Date: 02/10/22
Resource Type: Publication
Topic: Organizing

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