Nonprofits Are Like Air

Serving our communities is vital. It can but often a thankless and invisible job.

Vu Le’s latest post on nonprofitaf.com encapsulates the ways that nonprofits benefit our daily lives – most of the time, without us even recognizing it.

A grassy hill with trees on it in front of a large mountain with snow on it

Photo credit: Vu Le, nonprofitaf.com


Stories about nonprofits positively affecting the people they serve are the lifeblood of the entire nonprofit sector. We look to each other for inspiration as we seek to enrich people’s lives, make our communities better places to live, and discover ways to bring people together.

Vu Le’s latest post on nonprofitaf.com encapsulates the ways that nonprofits benefit our daily lives – most of the time, without us even recognizing it:

“I always say that our sector is like air, whereas other sectors are like food. Air and food are both vital, but air does not get the same level of appreciation.”

Serving our communities is vital. It can but often a thankless and invisible job. But it doesn’t diminish our love for the nonprofit sector, the people in it, and the pride of being a part of it.

Nonprofit AF is a weekly digital publication founded by Le. It covers a wide variety of nonprofit-specific topics, most often with an irreverent sense of humor. If you’re not already a fan, we highly recommend checking it out.