Cheers and Jeers

Nonprofit fundraising is an industry that must prove itself, over and over, every day — despite the good work it does. When one of the world’s largest organizations — and a Christian one, at that — presents itself as a money-grubbing, every-man-for-himself Leviathan, it does a major disservice to the sector as a whole. I hope that by the time this issue goes to press, the Salvation Army will have recognized its wrong-headedness. The best it can do now is drop the lawsuit, accept its fair share of the bequest with grace and gratitude, and join its fellow beneficiaries in honoring a generous soul by continuing the work — all of the work — that he so strongly supported.