Please donate to help the Dallas police officers who were killed and injured last night!

Assist The Officer Foundation (Dallas, Texas) ^ | 7/8/2016 | Vanity

[MeganC]

About the Foundation

The Assist The Officer Foundation provides financial assistance to officers who are facing the loss of income due to a serious injury, life-threatening illness or other catastrophic event. Immediate assistance is also available to an officer’s family in the event of the death of an active officer.

Since its creation in 1999, the foundation has provided assistance to hundreds of officers and their families who were faced with any number of different life-altering situations.

[MeganC]

I linked directly to their donation page but you can go to their home page at https://atodallas.org/ to see more. Feel free to call them to verify if you wish - this is NOT a scam!!! I looked them up on my own and they have not started to solicit donations after last night - and why should we need to wait before we help our fellow Americans? Thanks for tolerating my post and God bless and keep those who sacrificed.

[CreviceTool]

This charity does not show up on either Charity Navigator or Charity Watch. It does appear here:

http://www.bbb.org/houston/Charity-Reviews/charity-local/assist-the-officer-foundation-in-houston-tx-31002782

Reference article:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/12/make-sure-your-donation-counts/index.htm

[Mr. K]

THIS IS REAL!!! - do not break the chain.

(just kidding- CHECK FOR YOURSELF before you make ANY donations to ANYTHING online!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

P.S.
(!!!!!!!!!!!)

[Newfy]

Thank you for caring for the families of those officers who were murdered last night while doing their duty. Just went to your link and made a donation.

[MeganC]

It would not show up in Houston because it’s in Dallas.

[MeganC]

It’s the #1 result on your charity navigator:

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?keyword_list=assist+the+officer&Submit2=Search&bay=search.results2

[jsanders2001]

Have they hit George Soros up or a donation yet? They should...

[PAR35]

I think the Dallas Police Association is the white union. The Blacks have the “Black Police Association of Greater Dallas” and the Mexicans have “ Dallas Latino Peace Officers Association “. There is a smaller FOP. I’m not sure who represents the Asians.

[laplata]

Thank you for posting this.

[FES0844]

Donate Gallaghers army. Mike big supporter of our finest.

[PubliusMM]

ping.

[T Ruth]

Thanks for posting this.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Looked at their IRS form 990 for 2014. $315,000 in contributions, $144,000 in grants, $940,000 cash on hand.

[MeganC]

You’re welcome to both of you! (-:

[laplata]

:)

[MeganC]

I suspect they’ll have more money on hand after today. I hope so!

[SaraJohnson]

MeganC, have you investigated this Foundation’s overhead cost to see what proportion of the donations than they pass on to the injured cops and the families of police officers who died? I don’t know anything about this organization. Is it union controlled?