Though misunderstood at first, Doctors Without Borders’ bold decision to stop accepting tsunami-relief donation could help revive public trust in nonprofits.

By Paul Barbagallo

“For all our fundraising initiatives, it’s important for us to collect general funds for our operational independence,” Herman adds. “The nature of our work is that we never want to have more funds than we could spend, or need, in the event that we do have to shut a project down, for whatever reason.”