Title: The Urgent Need for Oversight in Nonprofit Funding: A Call for Integrity and Reform

In today's world, billions of dollars are funneled into nonprofits—known as NGOs—through government programs and philanthropic networks.

These organizations are often trusted with carrying out crucial work in education, health, humanitarian aid, environmental protection, and more. But with such trust must come accountability.

Unfortunately, there is a growing awareness, both in public discourse and among leading innovators like Elon Musk, that many NGOs are failing to live up to their stated missions.

In fact, some are actively draining resources and blocking true progress.

Elon Musk’s Warning: A Broken System Ripe with Corruption

In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk openly spoke about the deep and hidden corruption in the nonprofit world.

He warned that many NGOs have become professional leeches—draining public funding, energy, and trust from society. They often maintain power not by doing good, but by creating networks of dependence, sustaining unethical structures that resist reform.

Musk stressed that while he is working to expose and dismantle corrupt NGOs, he also fears the backlash from those who rely on these scams for their livelihood.

As he explained, the transformation must be strategic and well-paced. A sudden collapse of funding to these networks could cause chaos—but silence and inaction would be even worse.

The Problem: Lack of Investigations and Long-Term Oversight

The core of the issue lies in government failure to perform proper long-term oversight and investigation into NGOs receiving public funding.

Most NGOs are not reviewed yearly for effectiveness, nor do they face minimum commitment requirements tied to their funding.

Without a cohesive structure of values, performance metrics, and public transparency, many of these organizations evolve into unaccountable entities. They monopolize trust and resources, often pushing out or overshadowing smaller, more impactful initiatives that could actually change society for the better.

We cannot afford to let our trust in “nonprofit” status blind us to what these organizations are actually doing.

A Beacon of Hope: The Sanhedrin Initiative

In the middle of this complex landscape, a promising and truly impactful initiative is gaining ground: the Sanhedrin Initiative. With over 29 official judges and advisors, and more than eight international conferences in recent years, this project represents a values-based, Torah-rooted nonprofit model with global potential.

The Sanhedrin Initiative is not a traditional NGO. It is a spiritual and ethical startup based in Israel and the United States, with meaningful collaborations in Germany, India, China, Japan, and beyond. It has partnered with projects such as TempleCoin.org and The Nation of Ephraim Community, and maintains ongoing relationships with great Rabbis in Bnei Brak and other holy centers.

The initiative is also connected with the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, the United Nations, and a wide network of global faith-based and justice-oriented leaders.

What makes the Sanhedrin Initiative different is not just its international scope or rabbinic leadership—it’s the fact that it is founded on responsibility, transparency, and purpose. It invites people at all levels to get involved and does not rely on hollow promises or virtue-signaling buzzwords. It’s a real-world application of ancient values to modern global challenges.

What We Need Moving Forward

This is not a call to dismantle all NGOs. It is a call for stronger oversight, annual evaluations, transparent performance metrics, and clearly defined commitments that every nonprofit must meet in order to continue receiving government support.

Governments must develop systems that reward real results and penalize empty bureaucracy. If we fail to do this, we risk silencing the very voices and movements that could truly transform the world.

We must support initiatives like the Sanhedrin that offer integrity, values, and global collaboration—not only because they deserve the spotlight, but because they may be the last hope for restoring public trust in nonprofit organizations.

The time for cleansing corruption in this sector is now. Let’s build a society where funding follows truth, not tradition—and where real change can finally flourish.

With blessings for unity under Hashem and his Torah

Sanhedrin Initiative Advisor

Rabbi Yosef Edery

Golan Heights Israel

Wwmoshiachnow@gmail.com

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