Dan Pallotta says, “My goal … is to fundamentally transform the way the public thinks about charity within 10 years.”
Dan Pallotta, who is both an activist and fundraiser, gives a TEDTalk in which he calls out the double standard that drives the US’ “broken relationship to charities.” He says, “Too many nonprofits, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done.” He would like us to start rewarding charities “for their big goals and big accomplishments,” instead of equating ” frugality with morality,” even if it comes with big expenses. He says, “Let’s change the way we think about changing the world.”
Pallotta says:
The nonprofit sector is critical to our dream of changing the world. Yet there is no greater injustice than the double standard that exists between the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. One gets to feast on marketing, risk-taking, capital and financial incentive, the other is sentenced to begging.