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[QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 3060931, member: 5058"]
I think the way this works, and this may be what you are saying, is that the “charity” predetermines the allocation breakdown and then allows the specific assigned donations to “buy down” that allocation, enabling a general fund to be redistributed to other programs that don’t see the same amount of direct funding assignments or requests. Others are suggesting this could hurt the donor pool because donors believe the “charity” will give $5 and match it $5 thinking $10 gets allocated when in reality that donor’s $5 covered the bill and the other $5 can now go elsewhere. Even in this scenario, that wouldn’t hurt the program the donor is supporting, it just isn’t helping it in the way they may have intended. Also have to consider that if donors are telling the charity where to put the money they are essentially voting on or affecting the distribution of funds by telling the charity what is important to them.

On the non-profit topic you weighed in on, it isn’t often a federal, but the local taxes that are of concern. SU for example gets huge property tax abatements from the city in part as it’s largest employer and in part due to its non-profit status. The perception of a for profit entity can impact these abatements. I know of an Ivy you are familiar with that steered clear of building a commercial research incubator to support teaching staff because they didn’t want to lose their abatement status with the town by looking like a for profit business venture, trying to generate commercial products.
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