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Lol at talking to non-profits from a anarchist mutual aid standpoint.
0: "So... we're just not used to how you are doing things. It's very new and exciting! But I'm not sure if it's aligned with what we do."
1: "We're... we're doing the exact same thing.... and we're doing it in a normal way.... and an old way... what do you mean?"
0: "It's just... well... we're used to a top down non-profit approach where people write grant requests and get a lot of money and then... well I'm not sure what they do with the money... but you all are just, well, going out there and doing it. Without any money. Or formal organization."
1: "Yeah... alright... umm... So you wanna work together or not?"
0: "Frankly you scare us."
1: "Yeah, I get that a lot."
(Side note, we have a person who works in corporate consulting and can speak non-profit language really well... she has volunteered to have us shut up and only let her speak. We all think that's the best idea going forward."
0: "Do you have a grant writing person or a formal donation campaign?"
1: What would we use money for?
People pick up food and drop it off. They volunteer their time and gas/electricity/feet-movement and get some food out of it.
Do you... do you wanna pitch over a fiver for gas? That'd help! Or I just bought some bags to store some bread in from the bakery... I guess I could use 2 dollars to that end...
Wait... what are YOU using money for?
0: "Well.. we have to pay the guy who writes grants and organizes donation campaigns."
1: Huh...
@tinker Also, Critical Mass back in the day was worse, we sold stickers and t shirts and stuff at more or less cost (a T short that cost us $8.50-ish for $10 because making change is a pain) and stickers by donation. Then every year we'd spend some of the excess printing posters to advertise our biggest ride.
And a bike light give-away then eventually donated some to a bike-related cause.
Mostly done via "who has mass money in their tin?" accounting