Flawed Fundraising(??)

I've been following and greatly enjoying the Uncultured Project (that I mentioned on an earlier post), a series of posts done by a kid named Shawn who went looking for his own answers to the causes of poverty.

Shawn's latest post is this one:


Here Shawn talks about the flaws in fundraising and how it needs to change. Finally someone is saying it. I've been following a lot of non-profit blogs the past few weeks and they all keep saying, "there's no reason to be ashamed of fundraising." I'm sorry...but if you are feeling ashamed, there's a reason. Shame doesn't just come out of nowhere!

I'm sick of being guilted into giving money. At the moment I ain't making much money and frankly I'm close to being homeless. So I get even more annoyed by all the people who keep asking and asking. There HAS to be another way! I'd love to hear your thoughts on this as I think about this some more...another way of doing philanthropy!