Discussion
poll 2/2 (Read & vote above first)
Say your non-profit is one that literally saves lives. Food banks. Services for victims of domestic violence.
The very evil corporation is one of the causes of the systemic issues leading up to this, but still far from a direct cause.
Does this change your answer?
@mdhughes @mayintoronto People feeding people…people!
@octothorpe @mayintoronto Or how $cientology sued the Cult Awareness Network, then bought the name & phone lines, to convert people from one cult to Co$.
@mdhughes @mayintoronto oooh! Forgot all about that!
That’s just fucking sinister. The Kalshi thing started with a dumb decision (to hide it/make people sing NDAs), and the repercussions of that caused instability in the leadership and the quick implosion. Now it effectively doesn’t exist.
Would you take a Loblaw (billionaire Canadian grocer oligarch) donation to feed 2-3 times as many people next week when 1 in 3 people in Canada are food insecure.... largely due to grocer consolidation in Canada?
What about Palantir to speed up Toronto's 15-30 week wait times for domestic violence shelters?
What is the price of my ethics against the lives of the people I serve who need help now?
(And where is the government in all this?!?!?!)
As a board member, I have a legal duty to make decisions that serve the organization. Our values are the basis for our decisions, and our values are for the people.
I would not take money from corporations adjacent to hate groups to fund our anti-hate work (Palantir). I would take money from banks because they don't even know where their money is going, so whatever.
I wouldn't bat an eyelash at taking money from any organization to fund immediate life-saving work. It would feel icky. People would have food to make it to the next day. That's more important to me.
Anyway, if you have the funds, send some money to your local food bank or shelter, or do some mutual aid. They could really use it. Times are hard for so many people out there.
@mayintoronto No, and no.
What's any corpo's motive? To profit by increasing suffering. If they're offering you money, they're hoping to cause more harm than you offset.
"EvilCorp is a proud sponsor of Small Town Food Bank which feeds 100 people!", it says on the side of the BabyGrinderPro they throw 1000 babies a day into, producing the Soylent Green they donate to the food bank.