Daniel Borochoff Quotations

There is a lot more needed to get these people back up on their feet. We had concern with charities overdoing it in 9/11.

If they can't demonstrate they're using it for research purposes, or if they can't show that they're turning a profit and generating revenue for the charity, then it is highly questionable and doesn't look like something a charity should be doing.

If it's worth that much, why aren't they getting the value?

I would think if she wants to do something beneficial for Katrina victims, she shouldn't be making the decision that the vendor is her son.

People make the assumption that wristbands are associated with a charity, but that isn't always the case.

We can point out problems to a charity, but we're not a service to charities.

Unfortunately, the criminal element will target nonprofit organizations, even outside of natural disasters, knowing they don't have the same level of safeguards and internal controls that a business would have.

When a big disaster happens, it heightens the philanthropic impulse.

When there are people suffering and people in need right now, it's a harder argument to give money to a memorial, to a capital campaign, or an endowment.

The Red Cross is a brand name, and people automatically pick it for donations. But there are a lot of local groups who could use assistance and reimbursement, and the Red Cross isn't willing to do that.

The Red Cross has turned over a new leaf.

They're taking away charitable resources that might be used to help other people.

Americans have a fixed budget for giving, and if they give to this, it's not available to give to some other charity. If this group wants to tell people that they're not going to get 90 percent of what the fundraiser takes in, if they want to be up front with people, then I have no problem with it.

Americans do feel very connected to a wide- scale disaster like this, and they're inspired to do something.

Americans are stuck at giving 2 percent of their income to charity. What that means is that it's a fixed pie. ... Unless people change their behavior, a lot of giving will be taken away from other groups.

The Number 1 reason Americans give is because they're asked.

It's hard to get donors to think about other important causes. It's a shame for the people in Niger and Mali and people in everyone's hometown that are in need. ... They'll have to suffer also because of Katrina.

It's strange that the former first lady would want to do this. If her son's having a rough time of it, couldn't she write him a check? Maybe she isn't aware that people could frown upon this.

The beauty of the nonprofit sector is its diversity. Americans need to figure out that they should use the Red Cross, but don't use the whole wad. Save it for some other groups.

It's certainly not right to be taking credit for something that the government is already doing. It is very serious for a charity to give the impression that it is doing what the government is doing.

It is the only category of giving that has experienced a decline in each of the last three years.

It's really a way to disguise your fund-raising.

In the past three years there's been a decline in giving to human service-type organizations. People need to step up to the plate and give extra.