Why Do Donors Ask for Irrelevant Data?

Could it be that you never talked to them about your nonprofit’s charitable goals and how they mesh with the donor’s? Whose fault is that?
Photo by Damián Buonamico licensed under CC BY-2.0.
A few weeks ago, I participated in a discussion about the arts and measuring impact in the community. As every other author does, I believed that the message that the arts are not a tax-exempt activity had been spread far and wide among nonprofit leaders. And yet, when I asked the group if