Cornerstones (a permanently unfinished exploration)

Jamie Schumacher
7 min readApr 7, 2020

On the weakening links in our nonprofit infrastructure

I began the following article in late 2019. It seemed a little dark and doomsday, though I felt confident in the economic trends I was seeing. By January, it felt increasingly urgent, and I sent the shell to a few friends for their thoughts. Soon after, the world turned upside down around us.

I have no plans to finish the article, but the conversation is one I would love to continue: late-stage capitalism, philanthropy, and dissecting these themes in the time of

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Jamie Schumacher

Author of It’s Never Going to Work, artist, writer, and community organizer. She / her / hers.