12-30-2013, 19:34
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Wouned Warrior Project a scam?
Check this out: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/12...-a-legal-scam/
Anyone had help from WWP? Like to get your take on this.
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12-30-2013, 21:58
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I have seen a lot of that and the numbers track with what I have heard before.
Around 60% of what they take in supposedly goes to help vets.
The officers make huge salaries.
TR
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12-31-2013, 00:02
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
I wouldn't on the surface think the top officers making large salaries suspicious, because charities are just like businesses in the sense that in order to make money, you need to hire good talent, and that generally means paying the person a good salary, or else they'll go off and run a for-profit business.
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How about considering that these people are running a charity for disabled veterans, and they make more than everyone in the US government except for the POTUS himself.
If that is their degree of committment and empathy, I wish they would go run a for-profit.
Their right to draw that kind of salary makes me a lot less likely to donate to their causes, particularly when there are other comparable charities with far lower overhead doing the same work.
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12-31-2013, 18:13
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Their right to draw that kind of salary makes me a lot less likely to donate to their causes, particularly when there are other comparable charities with far lower overhead doing the same work.
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Couldn't agree more. I am not interested in paying someone's salary when I make a donation.
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12-31-2013, 18:40
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Couldn't agree more. I am not interested in paying someone's salary when I make a donation.
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Great Point Gypsy! Especially this time of year when folks are venerable, and unsure where to donate...but want to HELP!
My vote is for the GBF! Link at the bottom of the page folks! 
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12-31-2013, 01:36
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Now, take a look at my good friend Dave Barr. He lives on a few cans of beans a day raising money for servicemen.
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans...o-n-c-1.234845
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12-31-2013, 07:03
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I have both given to and helped raise money for the WWP. I have also seen veterans that have been assisted by their work. However, after discovering the details of their costs I would choose another more efficient way to donate. I think the link at the bottom of this page is the place to start. 
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12-31-2013, 08:53
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I have both given to and helped raise money for the WWP. I have also seen veterans that have been assisted by their work. However, after discovering the details of their costs I would choose another more efficient way to donate. I think the link at the bottom of this page is the place to start. |
WWP overhead is outrageous, and I don't think that the pay is acceptable for the corporate officers, regardless of the size of the charity. The knee jerk reaction of "well it is a large charity so they deserve that pay" is absurd. Most donors expect that the majority of their donation is going to help a wounded vet.
I'll keep giving to GBF, that way I know for sure that the money is used appropriately.
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12-31-2013, 09:28
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I wouldn't on the surface think the top officers making large salaries suspicious, because charities are just like businesses in the sense that in order to make money, you need to hire good talent, and that generally means paying the person a good salary, or else they'll go off and run a for-profit business.
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Charities in many cases are actually for-profit businesses that use gimmickry to get touchy, feel good non-profit status and to lure donations.
There was a 'Charity' in our area that took in millions of dollars a year that was sold as 'for the children' and as I recall a local news investigation reported ten cents of every dollar was all that found it's way to the children. 90% of the proceeds went to the cost of doing business, a large portion of which had the hierarchy living extremely large in Mission Hills, KS and Loch Loyd.
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