Sloppy Blogging

A note to Jeff Koinange, on behalf of his readers in the United States: I understand your point here, Jeff, but your choice of words does a disservice to the nonprofit sector. True, a donation that isn’t earmarked by a donor for a specific program will be treated as an unrestricted gift — that means it could go toward any of the organization’s programs or overall mission. Since Sept. 11, 2001, nonprofits have become even more vigilant about using program-specific dollars for the programs for which they were specified.