[VirusNewbie]

>My sense is many non-profits prioritize fundraising and have the bloat of executives who's main function is to schmooze donors.

You don't have to have a 'sense', you can look up the overhead for some nonprofits to look and see how much is spent on compensation vs giving/redirecting money to their causes vs. ancillary expenses.

It's often much less than the government in terms of overall efficiency.