Should Joe Donor Trust Us?

In the past, philanthropy was predicated on the not-so-average person doing a not-so-average thing. Giving his or her money to people and trusting us with his or her investments. Many times, this was done in what I call blind faith, meaning that the donor saw an organization doing good in the world, wanted to make a difference and fully and freely gave his or her assets.

Nonprofits, or charities as they were called, were not as professionalized as they are now and weren't as big a part of the industrial complex as they are now, so what has changed?