An Interview with Randy Samelson Foundations give money.
Ministries receive money.
Development professionals run back and forth between them. The rules are clear. The game is well-defined and you can only wear one uniform at a time. Well, it used to be that simple until a number of foundations started being formed whose principals wanted to start a new game, a game that looked more like the way they made the money in the first place. It's a game where you play any number of roles and you need to be both focused and comfortable with ambiguity.