Military Order of the Purple Heart; Corrupt "F" rating
18 cents of every dollar goes to the troops. 18 cents. What a rip-off.
Team Sergeant
This needs to get out to all the military websites;
http://www.wlox.com/global/category....&partnerclipid
Way to go COL Cook! Let us know what we can do to assist.
http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/mophsf.html
published in the December 2008 issue of the Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report
"I'm very proud of what we do, and we certainly do look after everybody. F or no F, the point is we do the right thing by veterans."
-Richard H. Esau, Jr., commenting in the Washington Post in
December 2007 on the Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation's F grade before being fired as its executive director
Mr. Esau's termination as executive director of the Foundation was due to his alleged misuse of charity funds, according to an ABC News article of August 2008. The article quotes Henry Cook, a former board member of the Foundation and outgoing National Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, accusing Esau of conflicts of interest. Cook said that the daughter of a board member of the Foundation was hired by the Intrepid Museum in New York right after it received $500,000 from the Foundation. The Foundation also gave $100,000 to the Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association where Esau used to work and where his wife worked when the grant was given, according to Cook. ABC previously reported that according to Cook, the Foundation paid the Washington Redskins $685,000 for advertising, which entitled Foundation officials to enjoy luxury box seats at football games.
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