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Gotta say loving my new job, having an amazing time driving strategy for a large client. After the “vacation” its great to be thrown to the wolves and have to start executing immediately. Needless to say as always finding time for blogging is difficult when you’re consumed by other tasks in your life. I saw this today though and thought it would make a good post.

First off I’m not going to say giving to charity isn’t a good thing, but I have to look at this article and really take in what it says. I find charities to be a challenge, because of the structure and nature (including tax implications) there really isn’t an incentive to run a charity efficiently. The problem is not enough people asking how can we stretch this budget, what are our goals, how do we run this “business” in a manner that will maximize the return on investment.

I’ve in my past career life worked on these problems at a University, these are very real problems that do impact charities and educational institutions. Unfortunately, unlike businesses which are forced to address these issues many charities shift the focus onto driving more donations and endowment use.

In the end though I can’t find fault in giving, even if its an imperfect system its a necessary system; so some waste is permissible.