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Who would be the members of a non-profit that fundraises and awards grants for scientific research? Or a non-profit that runs a food bank?



Usually there is a membership fee for 10/100/1000$ a year, for people that want to regularly contribute.


But there are lots of organizations that don’t collect fees from a broad membership base like this. Most scientific research funding comes from a small number of large donors. It wouldn’t make sense to give equal voting rights to all donors if their donations are of very different amounts. Are all these French nonprofits allocating votes proportional to donation size?




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