My first job out of university was at a not-for-profit, and it is a surprisingly cut-throat sector.<p>We had two main competitors in our space, and while the ultimate goal for everyone including our competitors was to do a common good, we were competing for a limited pool of donation dollars.<p>Because of that, sharing any intellectual property that made us better at what we did (i.e., raise more money, hire more staff, fund more initiatives) could result in a competitor using that same IP to put us out of business.<p>I get that in the big picture, it&#x27;s not the way things should be done, but in the small picture, you&#x27;re usually talking about individuals with their own agendas.