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I know of a charity that sends 100 percent of what you donate to the relief effort.
One of the best ways to make buckets of money is to operate as a “non-profit”. Those organizations have money out the wazoo and the big shots are totally loaded. Because they make no profit, you see.
On the flip side, you can open up a business and try to answer a need in the marketplace, satisfy your customers, and try to make a little money over and above your expenses — you know: try to make a profit. But an awful lot of people who try that end up poor.
Profit is tough.
Non-profit: that’s where the money is.
Check out their room service tabs. Likely not grilled cheese sandwiches.
I guess we have forgotten about the money the Red Cross collected for 9/11 most of witch was sent elsewhere like the Red Crescent (Muslim equivalent). Non profits (forget the non) are all a tax exempt scam except for the truly Christian (Samaritan’s Purse). Most money goes straight to the top with obscene bonuses,six digit salaries,four star living and investing. Let’s not forget the fact they are ALL high strung liberal.
FYI
So typical of Red Cross. They don’t care how much hard-earned donation money they throw away on overhead. They don’t care. Just whatever happens to be left goes to those in need. They don’t make any effort whatever to maximize the amount that passes to those in need. They don’t care.
And THAT is why I won’t donate to the RC.
IIRC, there was quite a controversy over the Red Cross and the 9-11 contributions.
This doesn’t surprise me from what I have heard about it.
Just reinforcement to my policy of not giving to the Red Cross
I do not donate to the United Way or Red Cross. I donate to my local church and various disease organizations. Could the Red Cross workers not find a place in the shelters to stay?
That’s because Red Cross officials were hold up in an expensive
ordering room service 3 or 4 times a day.
Samaritan's Purse
PO Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607
More information is required, before concluding that the money (for the hotel) was misspent.
The Red Cross officials were there to conduct business — as such, staying at a business hotel makes sense. They would need access to conference rooms, a business center, communications, etc. Those sorts of amenities are simply not available at budget hotels or motels. It also makes great sense to have all the staff stay at the same hotel — and for that hotel to be where they do their office work. Especially where transportation and communications systems are mostly non-functional.
Watch how well that money is spent!
I scratched the Red Cross off my list a long time ago.
The public relations department of the American Red Cross might accurately be considered a disaster area right about now. During a City Council meeting on September 6, Council Member Dave Martin expressed his exasperation with The Red Cross and its complete absence in Kingwood and Clear Lake, where some of the most devastating flooding occurred. Martin also revealed that Red Cross volunteers are sleeping very comfortably at the St. Regis, a hotel in Houston described as “boutique luxury and Southern hospitality.” To give you some perspective, according to the hotel website as of September 12, the cheapest available room starts at $328 per night.
Many of us have researched the best charitable organizations for disaster relief and which spend the greatest percentage of their donations directly helping people. Of the large organizations, probably the very best is the Salvation Army, and one of the worst is the Red Cross.
https://www.forbes.com/top-charities/list/
Red Cross Fraudulent Statements:
https://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-ceo-has-been-misleading-about-donations
Salvation Army was founded in 1865 and operates in 127 countries and disaster relief is one of its major areas of expertise:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army
You can donate specifically for Harvey relief here:
https://give.salvationarmyusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=27651&mfc_pref=T&27651.donation=form1
Noticed decades ago that the Red Cross gouges during blood sales. Did ll our blood donations on military bases.
