Essential Observation

Someone recently remarked in horror at how bold we were for suggesting funders ought to come to us to offer their help, rather than requiring us to go to them hat in hand. As I recall, this person then proceeded to vastly overcomplicate, for our benefit, how liberal philanthropy operates.

Our enemies of the right-wing don't have to be self-sustaining on a business model, why should we be hamstrung by this misguided philanthropic policy?

The reason the right-wing has won the culture war in America--and stands to win the civil war if left unopposed--is because we have no resources. Read Chip Berlet's eloquent article Investing in Ideas.