A list of resources to understanding, and rejecting, the nonprofit industrial complex:
Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/10/549
Too Many Non-profits, Too Many Problems?
https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Too-Many-Non-Profits-Too-Many-Problems/
The Origins Of The Nonprofit Industrial Complex
https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-origins-of-the-nonprofit-industrial-complex/
Nonprofit Industrial Complex 101: a primer on how it upholds inequity and flattens resistance
Solidarity Not Charity: mutual aid for mobilization and survival
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dean-spade-solidarity-not-charity
Books to read:
If after reviewing these resources you have further questions about what mutual aid is, how the nonprofit industrial complex harms our movements towards liberation, and how to shift the ways you show up in community, please feel free to schedule a call with us or join one of our many online discussions to learn more!
SOLIDARITY, NOT CHARITY.