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[quote=Anonymous]Spent years in non-profit fundraising. Yep, that 18% overhead is BS. So much of our mailings were classified as "educational" or "communication." I'd represent the organization at things like CFC events and it would be coded as "public outreach." I hated the acquisition mailings we did; often they would include language like "renew your membership now!" or "membership has expired!" And these were people who had never donated to the organization before. It preyed on them. Though these mailings were not my responsibility, it always made me feel dirty when I saw them. Most people in fundraising are ass-kissing idiots. That goes double for major gift officers. Just dumb. Not a single original thought in their heads and zero capacity for critical thinking. And because they spend so much time fawning over rich, self-important people and massaging those considerable egos, they think they too are incredibly important and expect everyone else to fawn over them.[/quote]
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