Non-Profit Steering Committee

I'm sure you know there are a ton of non-profit organizations out there. Save the whales, the trees, the homeless, the cancer-stricken, on and on. In San Francisco, it seems like every other office is some non-profit. All good things in my opinion. The problem is that, in the Bay area anyway, the pool of would be donors to these organizations gets tapped repeatedly. I mean the same person can only give so much to so many organizations for so long. At least that is my experience. I sure as hell don't have any money, but even people who do I'm sure get hit up constantly.
So methinks a non-profit steering committe is in order. Some mechanism for putting some of these groups in the same boat. I mean really, how different is one cancer organization from another? How many arts organizations can you support? Believe me, my canvassing days taught me that there are thousands of these groups each with their own niche.
Some of us lefty-types ought to start convincing these groups to work together, to federate under one banner. You see I think we have more in common than not. Especially when it comes to going up against corporate entities that can out fundraise us by a freakin' mile. Many of these non-profits have their heart in the right place, but they get so caught up in the day-to-day stuff that they lose sight of the big picture. In this election year, we should focus on how we can help each other instead of fighting over the crumbs the rich leave behind.
I know this is not a new idea, I just think it bears repeating. When it comes to fighting oppression, and ending poverty and global warming, we have nothing to lose by working together. Our interests are clearly not being addressed by those in power, and I think a group of people dedicated to getting us on the same page would have a big impact. By dividing ourselves, we are playing right into their hands. If they can pigeonhole us, then it's the oldest trick in the book; Divide and Conquer. And it is at least obvious to me that the Bush administration has used this tactic very effectively. By attempting to focus our attention away from how bad we are getting screwed by the upper one percent, they can pick us off and reduce our effectiveness.
The steering committee should focus on organizing the array of non-profits out there, and connecting the dots of economics, politics, and equality. By working together we have the best chance of changing the rules and not playing into the hands of the corporate warfare state.