Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves.
When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use.
There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.
Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.
Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.
In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around.
We design our own programmes; we take leadership. Of course the donors come in to support us, to complement our efforts. Our responsibility to the donors is about accountability: about how we use that money. If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.
You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.
Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because, if that were the case, we would have a hard time paying teachers adequate salaries.
Philanthropy should be voluntary.