Came back up to the Learning Center yesterday for the beginning of classes. We started out with an introduction into Non-profit development and also into curriculum development.
What I left with was complete awe after hearing the following facts:
- the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation must donate around $5million per day to maintain their non-profit status
- American's gave over $300 billion last year to non-profits (that's just 1 year, and that's just what American's gave to American non-profits).
Crazy.
- Religion is the top recipient of that $300 billion, while receiving around 36%
- Environmental non-profits are one of the lowest with only receiving 2% of the $300+ billion. That includes funds protecting animals as well (WWF, ASPCA, PETA, etc)
we saw this quick 4 minute video, which also includes all these facts and some really great insight. You can watch that here:
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