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The $319 Billion Nonprofit Problem Nobody Is Measuring | Sequel Sunday
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The government sends nonprofits roughly $319 billion in taxpayer money. But what exactly are taxpayers buying?
Chad starts with homelessness programs and discovers an accountability problem much larger than any one organization: nonprofits and governments frequently measure activity rather than outcomes—and sometimes the available data can't establish whether programs succeeded at all.
But this isn't an attack on nonprofits.
Private philanthropy already has a powerful accountability mechanism: the donor can stop giving. Taxpayers can't.
That distinction leads to Chad's proposed 50/50 Rule: if more than half of an organization's funding comes from taxpayers, measurable public outcomes should be defined and reported. If private donors provide the majority, government should largely stay out of the way.
Along the way: homelessness spending, nonprofit executive compensation, Mackenzie Scott's billions in private philanthropy, the difference between activity and outcomes, AI-powered accountability, and why a rule isn't a rule unless it also protects organizations you disagree with.
Then in After Hours, Chad answers listeners challenging him on Mackenzie Scott, who should define nonprofit success, his own church tithing, and what one person can actually do about any of this.
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