"NPOs are society's conscience," says NTU's Lin. "They also get things started at the grassroots level. The better established these kinds of grassroots organizations are, the more stable society becomes." Lin also warns that society suffers when those who were originally its guardians become so busy with commercial endeavors that donors become reluctant to support them.
「NPO 原是社會的良心，也是帶動基層的力量，這種底層結構越紮實，社會也越穩定，」林萬億提出警告：當原來的「防腐劑」、「觀察家」都忙於做事業、原來的捐款者則心生疑慮時，絕非社會之福。