They are anti gun we know, but this damning article in Veterans Today exposes something far worse it appears. I did a small charity event for them myself a few years ago.
Wounded Warriors Project A Legal Scam
As we are coming to find out, wounded Vets are big money. Considering I’m 146% disabled, I’m trying to figure out how to tap into this. The only thing I can see is to start my own 501(c)(3) and start cooking the books with a big $300 K a year salary for my work.
Member and eagled-eyed scrutinizer Bruce spotted this heartbreaking article. Just when we thought it was safe to come out of the woods after the last news of the Big Six VSOs padding their bank accounts on the backs of all our disabled, along comes this article and investigation revealing nothing is sacred among thieves.
If you were thinking about donating to the Wounded Warrior Project, think twice. It would behoove you to get in your car and drive cross-country to deliver the funds to the charity you hope to help. More money would end up in their hands than entrusting it to the WWP for disbursement. The Beatles song Tax Man comes to mind- Here’s one for you, nineteen for me. Here’s what I received. It’s ugly.
Three hundred grand a year to run a 150 million a year company sounds like a reasonable salary to me. You have to remember these guys have legal, accounting and business backgrounds. $300K may be a fraction of what he made in the private sector. No charitable organization exist without expenses. Some do better than others.
Yeah, this is the season when a lot of people open their wallets to help, it’s a damn sham it’s a scam.
I did forward this to some folks I know in the hopes that they will either find another way to help with money or volunteer at the VA.
I hate to break the bad news to everyone, but the majority of charities are the same. Not trying to offer excuses for WWP or the other middle man money handlers, but this is something that is NOT WWP specific. The United Way, UNICEF, WWP and many others are nothing more than money handlers. Middle men that take their cut of the funds and then pass a % along to the end users. Heck sometimes the $$ goes through numerous middle men before it gets to the people who need it. 99% of the time you are better off donating directly to a charity that does the work.
I’m always torn between the Sally Struthers weepy appeals and my suspicious nature (which has served me well so far). I give to a nominally religious outfit that hopefully helps little kids in a crap country and the Salvation Army. Essentially a “pin the tail on the donkey” and hope approach. I guess the only way to really know the results is to adopt a puppy.
$0.92 of every dollar sounds good but if it’s a large charitable organization like WWP that brings in $150mil a year that’s still $9.6mil every year in ‘administrative’ fees.
Nearly $2.5mil still went to pay the people who run it in 2013 alone. This isn’t news people. It’s also not a secret since all non-profit’s financials are public record & readily available. I was looking a WWP a few years ago & several million went to paying the staff. The top guy made over half a mil of that as I recall.
Let’s not list site of the money they actually raise that could have just as easily gone to some other charity or cause too. Cost of doing business.
What bothers me is when entities like Susan G Komen foundation sue other organizations who are trying to raise money for the same cause over some vague logo or verbiage similarities. Now THAT is despicable.
look at the percentage of money that gets to the people in need rather than the amount that goes to admin. WWP averages 38% according to the link. if others are in the 90% range, i think the choice is clear IMO.
What is your point? Don’t you think the people that work there should be paid?
Again I will say that 95% of all expenses go to those in need and is one of the best charity returns in the country.
I don’t recall saying they should work for free. Quite the opposite in fact. Just adding some dollar amount figures to the ‘better’ options some are suggesting while being outraged over $330k.
who is outraged ?? i dont think anyone in this thread has mentioned it besides you and one other poster. i believe the author of the article mentioned it as an illustration that while WWP can only manage a pathetic 38% rate of money going to actual charity, the people running it can sure seem to figure out a way to get decent paychecks.
Bottom line is you need to vet any charity you give to. If you want your money to walk far in aiding those less fortunate, I’d give to the Mennonite Central Committee. (that is a plug )
I think the reason I get offended at salaries above, let’s say 150ish, is that the CEO’s often project themselves as selfless servants and don’t go out of their way to disclose salaries or other administrative costs.
Libby Dole was cranking down over 1.5 as Executive Director of the Red Cross, I felt that was outrageous, others disagreed, because ‘look what she brings in’ - we differ in our perspectives on that.
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