From The Atlantic, Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity:
"The wealthiest Americans donate 1.3 percent of their income; the poorest, 3.2 percent."
"The poor tend to give to religious organizations and social-service charities, while the wealthy prefer to support colleges and universities, arts organizations, and museums..."
And performing arts centers.
"...Of the 50 largest individual gifts to public charities in 2012, 34 went to educational institutions, the vast majority of them colleges and universities, like Harvard, Columbia, and Berkeley, that cater to the nation’s and the world’s elite...."
"... Museums and arts organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art received nine of these major gifts, with the remaining donations spread among medical facilities and fashionable charities like the Central Park Conservancy..."
"...Not a single one of them went to a social-service organization or to a charity that principally serves the poor and the dispossessed...."
"Last year, not one of the top 50 individual charitable gifts went to a social-service organization or to a charity that principally serves the poor and the dispossessed."
That's right, the rich, including Greensboro's elite prefer to give to causes that cater to the elite. And even then they're stingy. It's time Greensboro, North Carolina and the rest of the nation rethought the meaning of the word, "nonprofit" before the "nonprofits" bankrupt us all.
"The wealthiest Americans donate 1.3 percent of their income; the poorest, 3.2 percent."
"The poor tend to give to religious organizations and social-service charities, while the wealthy prefer to support colleges and universities, arts organizations, and museums..."
And performing arts centers.
"...Of the 50 largest individual gifts to public charities in 2012, 34 went to educational institutions, the vast majority of them colleges and universities, like Harvard, Columbia, and Berkeley, that cater to the nation’s and the world’s elite...."
"... Museums and arts organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art received nine of these major gifts, with the remaining donations spread among medical facilities and fashionable charities like the Central Park Conservancy..."
"...Not a single one of them went to a social-service organization or to a charity that principally serves the poor and the dispossessed...."
"Last year, not one of the top 50 individual charitable gifts went to a social-service organization or to a charity that principally serves the poor and the dispossessed."
That's right, the rich, including Greensboro's elite prefer to give to causes that cater to the elite. And even then they're stingy. It's time Greensboro, North Carolina and the rest of the nation rethought the meaning of the word, "nonprofit" before the "nonprofits" bankrupt us all.
