As someone who runs a tiny hyper-local non profit (we take in a few thousand $s a year), running a non profit requires as much, if not more, work than running a for profit business.

One reason why we have such awful non profits is that they don’t pay enough to compete for the best talent.

Being the trust-fund offspring of a deity, he had it made from birth. But that's not how the story goes.

It shows humility and puts you on the same level of vulnerability as others. It's what separates you from the gentry. You give everything of yourself to help others, to prove you're one of them, and inspire others to help in kind.