geoffrey jost

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• April 26, 2011, on Early Retirement:

  I have to disagree with much of what you say about non-profits, or at least state that it does not apply to the ones I'm familiar with. For the record, I've worked in the corporate world, a government agency, and am currently working in a non-profit. "Non-profit organizations exist to provide their staff with great jobs and the fun of making decisions and spending money." Wow, that totally does not apply to the non-profits I know. Maybe if you're talking about some cushy art museum, but certainly not your run-of-the-mill non-profit or charity that actually *does* something. My observation is that the non-profits with the biggest budgets seem to be those with the suckiest missions. The non-profits and charities that actually do something good for people always seem to be the most desperately under-funded. Probably because rich people like to give money to organizations in comfortable parts of town that they don't feel awkward visiting. "They are not especially interested in...