The rich use charity (along with buying politicians) to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. This charity will not correct the huge injustices of our time — that requires government programs.

The article makes many criticisms against the US nonprofit sector, and some of them are mistaken. For instance, I think museums are an important contribution to society. But the article's main points are valid.

Near the end the article presents a grab-bag of criticisms, some of which are logically invalid. For instance, when ACLU offices discriminated against queer people, that was wrong, but that does not invalidate the ACLU's work. It should not reduce in the slightest our appreciation of the ACLU's campaign to make it illegal to discriminate against queer people, or for many other legal rights. We must reject the fallacy that failure to totally live its principles makes an organization (or a person) worthless.