I like giving to the Salvation Army, which has been shown to use less money for overhead and administration than any other major charity. They were very helpful to us during and after Katrina, as were Baptist and Lutheran Social Services.
wounded Warriors used to have a policy of not accepting donations from religious organizations.
Check charitynavigator.org for details on a charity you might be interested in.
Used to work with Wounded Warriors and DAV bu sponsoring hunts and doing hunts on the ranch. That was until I found out I was only taking the higher up’s in the organizations hunting. I now do the hunts myself twice a year.
Check its efficiency rating at Charity Navigator or the other ranking sites..
I heard just a few weeks back that WW wasn’t that efficient
Don;t know if that is true.
WW? - As much as 10% of your donations will go to help some Vets, the rest is eaten up in “administration fees”.
Salvation Army has the best track record in helping folks.
Charities in the US need to make a Form 990 available to the public. Often it is available at the charity’s website. Iirc http://www.guidestar.org might give the info as well.
I do not know how legit this site it, but it compares Wounded Warrior Project to other charities:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12842
There are better alternatives.
Fisher House and Semper Fi Fund to name a couple.
A few years back they turned down a gun fundraiser because it involved guns.
Thought that was od for a warrior charity. Turned me off to them.
“While we appreciate the interest in having a WWP representative on your show on Veterans Day we are not able to participate in interviews or activities with media/organizations that are related to firearms,” said Ms. Coleman in her email.
Financial Performance Metrics
Program Expenses
(Percent of the charity’s total expenses spent on the programs
and services it delivers) 59.9%
Administrative Expenses 6.0%
Fundraising Expenses 34.0%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.26
Primary Revenue Growth 64.5%
Program Expenses Growth 67.2%
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.99
Several years ago, I gave a rather sizeable donation to a ‘charity’ that was supposed to provide laptop computers to wounded vets.
That put me on their mailing list. Twice a month or more I was getting new ‘give me’ letters. The packaging was getting more extensive and costing a lot to produce. They even had paid return FEDEX envelopes.
I requested several times before they finally removed me from their mailing list.
I have heard/read some not-so-good reviews of WWP. Check some of the ‘charity caution’ websites.
Liberal ripoff. They help a few people then make million dollar commercials about it. They do not take money from “Christian” or “Gun” organizations.
WW helps themselves first, but not with my money.
I donated to them for several months and then a story came out that they refused the money from a fundraiser thrown by a weapon company and I, and many others, pulled our donations.
Bunch of liberal fraudsters.
My rule of thumb is that I don’t give to any charity that spends money on TV commercials and expensive mailers, because the advertising eats up most of the donation.
I’ve heard that WW gives only a small fraction of its money to vets in need. I give to Catholic Charities instead, in my area they do great work.