Fundraising's freshest thinkers take on the sector's toughest topics

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

MP: I couldn’t agree more with transparency. I’ve been working with an organization that works with homeless veterans, and it’s been scary to see the dogged determination CNN reporters are having in getting 990s and then doing the math on the 990s without any narrative storytelling. So what you get is snapshot of fundraising expenses that may seem unethical and inappropriate, but they may be part of a bigger picture.