Peter Drury
Philanthropy | Social Enterprise | Leadership | Director of Strategy at Splash | Faculty at Seattle University & University of Washington
Truth, Transparency & Overhead
It is puzzling — and yet entirely true — that there is a truth-telling problem in the economic sector that purports to do the right thing…It is puzzling — and yet entirely true — that there is a truth-telling problem in the economic sector that purports to do the right thing: the nonprofit-philanthropy sector. There is, of course, a truth-telling problem in the for-profit sector — and also the public sector. But Splash resides in the nonprofit sector, where the disincentives to telling the truth are both palpable and powerful. If leaders in the nonprofit sector aren’t modeling truth-telling, then who will?Peter Drury6 min read