What happens when a municipality and a nonprofit have an agreement but a group of citizens doesn't believe they benefit from the arrangement? What happens remains to be seen with this exact situation involving New York City, Lincoln Center a group of residents living around a city park that is rented out for the Big Apple Circus and Fashion Week.
I'm not particularly loyal to either the City or Lincoln Center but the idea that a city and a nonprofit could reach an agreement where lots of good stuff happens for the community and money is made for both the City and the nonprofit is unusual enough that it should be lauded. On the other hand the idea that a nonprofit is viewed as an offender of rather than filling a void for citizens raises some interesting questions about the general nature of nonprofits.
Note though: the Federal Government (the people) doesn't discriminate in its allocation of tax exemptions. Right wing and left wing and centrist groups can all get a nonprofit status.
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