Charities Must Battle Myths About Overhead - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Charities Must Battle Myths About Overhead - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Charities Must Battle Public Misconceptions About Overhead Costs

By Dan Pallotta

Nonprofit organizations build movements that mobilize people to fight the worst forms of human suffering. But when it comes to dealing with the systemic issues that undermine its true potential, the nonprofit sector has no movement to mobilize itself.

And while nonprofits speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, they have no national voice to defend against investigative reporters, lawmakers, and others who attack them—often maliciously and incorrectly—for spending too much on executives’ salaries and on the overhead and infrastructure expenses it would take to grow.