I disagree with Dan Pallotta.  Charities are different from for-profit companies, and need to be held to much, much higher standards.  A for-profit must offer a product that the consumer wants to buy, and I’m not buying what Dan Pallotta is offering.

Here’s what happens when charities stop caring about donors intentions and only about the dollars raised, this blood-sucking firm is used by almost every big charity:  http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-12/charities-deceive-donors-unaware-money-goes-to-a-telemarketer.html  After you read this you will quickly hang up on fundraising ‘volunteer’ calls.

I give generously to the SQE every year, knowing that they are careful with every penny.  Maybe they could be more ‘efficient’ if they were more profligate, but I would be gone.