I've learned that charitable intentions are not enough. We won't solve problems that way. The first five years of the new economy have demonstrated that in striking ways. The economy was booming, stock options were everywhere, the markets were open and we weren't a part of it in any way, shape, or form. The new economy proved the notion that nonprofits have to find a place at the table by community wealth and by gaining access to capital markets in their own.
Nonprofits do have valuable assets.
Money is a tool for building capacity. But when wealth is only one path toward solving our problems, and creating wealth is only one lesson of the new economy.