alt Hacker News> I want them to show me that they are not wasting/splurging it.
Why don't you apply this same attitude to for-profit organizations, which are by definition wasting your money?
This is just idle curiousity—non-profits play a very odd role in our society, and I don't generally give to any of them in lieu of direct donations. Obviously that doesn't scale....
Because I can judge the return of for-profit companies. At least the ones selling a product, especially a physical one. The ones that don't sell a gauge-able product should, to my judgement, ascribe to the level of transparency that charities should provide.