Posted on 11/11/2013 8:53:48 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
They lost me when they refused a donation from a church group awhile back. (See http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/wounded-warrior-project-apologizes-for-rejecting-church-donation.html)
By comparison Fisher House has 96.6% going to the troops, and 2.2% admin costs, and 1% fundraising.
Several years ago, I made a rather substantial donation (for me) to an org that purported to provide laptop computers to injured vets.
That got me on ‘the list’. Twice per month thereafter, I was receiving ‘we want more’ mailings. Some of those mailing were costly to produce, as they included pre-paid FEDEX return packs, etc.
It took 4 returns that I marked ‘REMOVE ME’ before they quit sending their mailings.
The total cost of their expensive ‘we want more’ mailings probably ate up half of my original donation. I concluded that they had turned into a professional fundraising org that spend more on fundraising than aiding vets. In one of their last mailings they indicated that they were joining one of the bigger ‘vet aid’ groups.
Regrettably, it becomes more difficult to find ‘real’ groups/orgs that actually do disperse aid as they claim.
He’s also anti gun.
They sure have a huge budget for TV commercials.
About a year or so ago a church-supported private school raised SEVERAL thousand dollars for WWP. They refused to take the money because it was a church-affilated school. That church has also raised more funds for the project, which was also refused. Several groups went to bat for the school, saying that there was no coercion with this gift to do anything religious, or make any religious professions with the gift, so why would IT be deemed coercive and a gift from an atheist group would not? I think they finally accepted it, but with a lot of coercion from MANY other groups to do the right thing. However, other facts started to leak out about the high costs associated with running the charity, and although one does expect there to be real operating costs involved, it should not be more than a certain percent...I think 25%, give or take a little. Some groups operate on less because most of the workers are volunteers, not paid workers. To me, when I heard they refused this gift in the first place, it told me all that I needed to know. Another PC group that is susceptible to bribery and graft. NOT ONE MORE donation will ever be given by me to that group, I don’t care WHO supports it.
They lost my respect when they came out to be anti-2A.
http://www.ammoland.com/2012/11/wounded-warrior-project-is-anti-gun/#axzz2kMIDi0Cu
Good to hear that it worked for someone. Do you think that is due to the local staff and volunteers rather than something coming down from the top?
We’ve donated to Fisher House in the past. I’m glad to hear that we can continue to do so.
Charity Navigator also compares the overall score of several other veteran's orgs at the bottom of the page, and they don't look much better:
Wounded Warrior Project, FL - 54.39
USO of Illinois - 58.16
DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Charitable Service Trust, KY - 55.36
USO of Missouri, Inc. - 64.37
Special Operations Warrior Foundation, FL - 68.89
The same page also provides a link to highly-rated vets aid orgs at the very bottom, but you have to be a registered user to access it.
Yep. I was skeptical of their *fundraising* efforts just by the looks of their (multiple per month) slick mailings and TV commercials. But the final straw for me was when they refused to go on GunTalk radio, last Veteran’s Day. I’ve sent back EVERY mailer to them, asking to be removed from their list, since. Here’s an article explaining the *anti-gun* stance - that’s come back to kick ‘em in the butt....
http://www.guns.com/2012/11/14/wounded-warrior-project-gun-community-gun-talk/
“I had no idea. We have donated to WWP several times in the past. Can anyone verify this?”
You can find the contact info for the author at the end of the original piece.
But--is there a way to get a list of those organizations which really do help wounded veterans? Certainly the need for our help is not going away any time soon.
The VA stone walled us, WWP helped with the mountain of paperwork for his claims. They helped push his TBI claim that the VA kept refusing. My boy was in a vehicle that was hit by an IED. He suffered a brain injury, a crushed testicle, a broken arm and severe hearing loss. The VA dragged their feet but eventually honored all but the TBI. WWP busted their azzes for 18 months to get the VA to do their job. Our experience with WWP has been nothing but positive.
Wow, that's shocking if true. WWP sure seems to have a lot of $$$ for TV commercials...
You mean the fact that they now want “Monthly Donors” to continue their revenue stream but won’t take a penny from firearms groups or churches? The fact that they are paying for high priced advertising and wasting the money they do get just to drive that revenue stream?
“DAV (Disabled American Veterans) “
DAV in Colorado fired a Vietnam veteran, whose was their transportation manager, and his wife, who was their regional director, and replaced them with two illegal aliens. DAV in Colorado has history of hiring illegal aliens while claiming they hire veterans.
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