the tail wags the dog

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  1. A minor or secondary part of something is controlling or dominating the whole or the main part.
    — This is classic for all non-profit agencies: the tail wags the dog. If you have a foundation willing to fund a particular kind of program, then an organization will write that kind of grant. Suddenly, you're doing a program to where the bucks are. Maybe that's not within the original mission of the mission.

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See tail wagging the dog.
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