Navigating Nonprofit Ethics With Science
Update: 2025-10-01
Description
Every day, nonprofits face an impossible choice: show genuine hardship to motivate giving or preserve dignity and risk raising less. New research reveals this isn't a personal failure- it's built into how our charitable system works.
We explore groundbreaking studies showing fundraisers serve "three masters" whose needs fundamentally conflict, why poverty porn actually backfires with donors, and how one organization found a radical alternative. Their "narrative resilience" framework doesn't eliminate these tensions but offers a completely different way to navigate them.
You'll discover evidence-based strategies for handling donor preferences that conflict with community needs, redistributing power in your storytelling, and building frameworks that acknowledge rather than hide these ethical tensions. Plus, learn why the emotional toll of "ethical whiplash" contributes to nonprofit burnout and what you can do about it.
If you've ever felt trapped between doing what's right and keeping the lights on, this episode offers the science-backed navigation tools you need.
We explore groundbreaking studies showing fundraisers serve "three masters" whose needs fundamentally conflict, why poverty porn actually backfires with donors, and how one organization found a radical alternative. Their "narrative resilience" framework doesn't eliminate these tensions but offers a completely different way to navigate them.
You'll discover evidence-based strategies for handling donor preferences that conflict with community needs, redistributing power in your storytelling, and building frameworks that acknowledge rather than hide these ethical tensions. Plus, learn why the emotional toll of "ethical whiplash" contributes to nonprofit burnout and what you can do about it.
If you've ever felt trapped between doing what's right and keeping the lights on, this episode offers the science-backed navigation tools you need.
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