[dennisw]

Originally Posted by CSB

You are welcome to come to our Chapter and look
at our books at any time. The American Red Cross is
totally transparent.

In fact, I suggest you explore becoming a member of the
Board of Directors of your local Red Cross Chapter.

We can always use smart, honest, hard working men and women
in leadership roles.

What does it pay? Zero.

Zero, minus, actually. You will be asked to "set the pace" with
donations for disaster relief, support of the Armed Forces, blood
drives, and Health and Safety. You will know exactly how much
goes to programs and services, and how much goes into
overhead, because you will develop, approve, and audit the budget.

CBS,

I'm not sure if your chapter is the exception to the rule or if the Red Cross has tightened up their system since September 11, 2001. Your story appears to be contrary to the article linked below which references the problems which existed at that time. It doesn't appear to be a problem of loss of funds or malfeasance, rather it appears to have been a problem where the local chapters did not properly earmark the funds and/ or did not have proper budgetary/reporting systems in place. However the end result was unsatisfactory. It would be quite disappointing to contribute to the 911 fund only to have the local Red Cross chapter dump your contribution into their general fund.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in516886.shtml