In July Peter Buffett, son of Warren Buffett, delivered a scathing critique of the foundation/industrial complex that he is increasingly positioned to understand. He points to an age old reality associated with charitable giving, namely, that it often serves the interests of the giver more than the receiver. Saul Alinsky had developed a penetrating understanding of this phenomenon during the course of his career and resisted financially driven imposition on all fronts. As a consequence, organizations operating in the Alinsky tradition - particularly IAF - always push back against the demands of outside money to control agendas. This infuriates program officers, foundation boards and ROI preoccupied wealthy donors who find primary satisfaction in exercising power and control as they "do good". IAF and the Alinsky tradition represents the power of local squared as a counter to the colonialism of wealth.
Original article: The Charitable Industrial Complex
Original article: The Charitable Industrial Complex
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