Bono's ONE foundation under fire for giving little over 1% of funds to charity

MailOnline ^ | Last updated at 2:01 PM on 23rd September 2010 | By Mail Foreign Service

[Marty62]

Bono's anti-poverty foundation ONE is under pressure to explain its lavish salaries after it was revealed that only a small percentage of money it raises reaches the needy. The non-profit organisation set up by the U2 frontman received almost £9.6m in donations in 2008 but handed out only £118,000 to good causes (1.2 per cent).

The figures published by the New York Post also show that £5.1m went towards paying salaries.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314543/Bonos-ONE-foundation-giving-tiny-percentage-funds-charity.html#ixzz10N2I90T2

[Flag_This]

"I’m betting that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has become a standard unsupervised monster charity that that has been taken over by careerist staffers and is run for their benefit, while accomplishing very little of substance."

It could be worse - it could be like the Ford Foundation and support all kinds of idiot liberal causes (diametrically opposed to the ideas Ford himself supported, btw).

[Bitsy]

I wonder if living under Communist Dictator Control has anything to do with poverty??

IMHO that is what is wrong in all the impoverished countries we try to help. If the aid doen’t have constant oversight in that country, the blackmarketers and the government steal the money/goods and the people still starve. Or, in Bono’s case the money never even gets there. As long as there is greed there is no solution.

[Marty62]

When you look at their site it APPEARS to be about helping Children.
But then when you read the BS. They NEVER commit to actually helping the “Children”. Just talk about helping the Children and the site has lovely pics of small children.
Why is it you scratch a leftie and you find some scam to get money from people, whether ObamaCare or this pathetic money grabber.

[PapaBear3625]

Well, it is an anti-poverty foundation; and given that 74% of the donations are going to salaries, I'd say the foundation is doing a good job of fighting poverty among its employees.

The purpose of many "charitable foundations" is to be a means of sheltering money from taxes while conveying it to friends and descendants. Any actual "charity" work is just for maintaining the fig leaf.

[WOBBLY BOB]

“ONE foundation under fire for giving little over 1% “

I guess that’s why they named it that.

[WOBBLY BOB]

I agree.It seems to me most “non-profits” and NGOs are just shills who lobby for raising taxes.

[pogo101]

Still haven’t found what I’m looking for, Bono.

[beaversmom]

From the article

ONE spokesman Oliver Buston has now defended the way the organisation is run, insisting the money is used for promoting its campaign and raising awareness rather than being handed straight to those who need help.

So they are for promoting themselves, not actually doing anything. They will make fine politicians.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Bono's anti-poverty foundation ONE is under pressure to explain its lavish salaries after it was revealed that only a small percentage of money it raises reaches the needy.

A lot of it reaches the greedy, though.

[Marty62]

Exactly, this is scummy to the high heavens.
Makes Bill and Melinda Gates look REALLY bad.

[Poison Pill]

Bono's anti-poverty foundation ONE is under pressure to explain its lavish salaries after it was revealed that only a small percentage of money it raises reaches the needy.

PIPE DOWN! You think Beluga and private jets are cheap? Do you have any idea how much a Gulfstream V costs to operate per hour? Sheesh!

[wardaddy]

good lord....he is such a loser

[Niuhuru]

It’s about social climbing their way into diplomacy. Not about helping, but about getting into politics via ‘humanitatianism.’ It worked for Eva Peron, so I suppose they think it should work for them.

[kcvl]

Board of Directors

Bono
Lead singer, U2
Co-founder, ONE and (RED)

The lead singer of Irish rock band U2, Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Ballymun, Dublin. He met the Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton at school, and in 1978 the band was formed.

Joshua Bolten

Joshua Bolten spent eight years working in the White House under President George W. Bush. He started in January 2001 as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy. Upon confirmation by the Senate in June 2003, he joined the President’s Cabinet as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. And from April 2006 through January 2009, he served as White House Chief of Staff.

Susan A. Buffett

Chairwoman, The Sherwood Foundation and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

Susan A. Buffett is Chairman of The Sherwood Foundation, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and the Buffett Early Childhood Fund. The Sherwood Foundation focuses on public education and poverty alleviation - mainly in Omaha, Nebraska.

. Joe Cerrell*
Director, European Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Joe Cerrell is the director of the Gates Foundation’s Europe office where he oversee the Gates Foundation’s policy, advocacy, and communications activities in Europe. Previously, Joe was the director of Global Health Policy & Advocacy where he oversaw the foundation’s global health communications, public policy and international finance activities.

Prior to joining the foundation, Cerrell served as assistant press secretary to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

John Doerr
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

John Doerr joined Intel in 1974 just as they invented the famous “8080” 8 bit microprocessor. At Intel he held various engineering, marketing and management assignments, and was one of their top-ranked sales executives.

Jamie Drummond
Executive Director and Global Strategy, ONE

Jamie Drummond co-founded the advocacy organization DATA (debt, AIDS, trade, Africa) with Bono, Bobby Shriver, and others in 2002 and ONE in 2004. The two entities merged in 2008 under the name ONE. DATA, ONE, and its partners have helped persuade the Bush Administration and bipartisan leadership in the US Congress to launch a series of initiatives for Africa including the Millennium Challenge Account, the President’s Emergency AIDS initiative, the Malaria Initiative, Multilateral Debt Relief, and the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

Tom Freston
Chairman of the Board, ONE
Principal, Firefly3

Thomas E. Freston is a Principal of Firefly3, an investment and consultancy firm focusing on the media and entertainment industries. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Viacom Inc., where he also served as Chief Operating Officer.

Helene D. Gayle
CEO, CARE USA

Helene D. Gayle is President and CEO of CARE USA, one of the world’s premier international relief and development organizations. With programs in over 60 countries, CARE helps people in poor communities expand the control they have over their own lives to advance positive, enduring social change.

Morton H. Halperin
Open Society Institute

Morton H. Halperin is a consultant to the Open Society Institute and the Open Society Policy Center. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Dr. Halperin served in the Clinton, Nixon and Johnson administrations, most recently as Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State (1998-2001).

. David Lane
President & CEO, ONE

David Lane is President and Chief Executive Officer of ONE, an advocacy and campaigning organization focused on combating global poverty and preventable disease, with more than 2 million members from around the world. Prior to joining the team at ONE, Lane was the Director of Public Policy and External Affairs and Director of the East Coast Office (located in Washington, DC) for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From 1993 through 2000, Lane served in a number of senior positions in the federal government, including Executive Director of the National Economic Council at the White House and Chief of Staff of the US Department of Commerce. Before joining the Clinton Administration, he worked as a management consultant and as a foreign policy legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate.

Jeff Raikes*
Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jeff Raikes leads the Gates Foundation’s efforts to promote equity for all people around the world. He sets strategic priorities, monitors results, and facilitates relationships with key partners for all three program groups.

. Bobby Shriver
Co-Founder, (RED)

Bobby Shriver, co-founder and chairman of (PRODUCT) RED (www.joinred.com) and co-founder of DATA (www.data.org), has spent the past ten years working to help eliminate the financial and health emergencies threatening the people of Africa.

http://www.one.org/us/about/oneboard.html

[kcvl]

A Special Message From Bono

Sep 23rd, 2010 12:29 PM EST

Bono talks about our campaign to ensure no child is born with HIV by 2015, before singing “Moment of Surrender” on stage in Paris on September 18.

Bono:

“Here’s a thought to leave you with: By 2015, we could live in a world where no kids are born with HIV. The first born AIDS-free generation of our lifetime, by 2015. That’s a thought, right? Every day, 1,000 mothers give birth to a child with HIV. And it doesn’t have to be, so sign up to the ONE Campaign, choose RED, support your First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and the Global Fund. They’re here tonight. This is for them. Thank you, you’re our heroes.”

http://www.one.org/blog/

[vrwc1]

Disgusting.

[Marty62]

Well here is the aanswer: All of this started by the U.N, and the G8. Ofcourse there are always scammers that take advantage of good intentions. ■A United Nations General Assembly Special Session on AIDS in June 2001 concluded with a commitment to create such a fund... ■...which the G8 endorsed and helped finance at their meeting in Genoa in July 2001.

[9422WMR]

Well Duh, why do you think they called it ONE?
1% that is!!/S

[Blind Eye Jones]

Bono is basically a stream at the mouth consciousness with no conscience... like a Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. He should be doing gangsta rap with Rev Wright and everybody will get on the soul train that’s gone souless and dance like the undead that they are. You can always see they coming for their designer shades... and that’s what they are in Hades.

[Political Junkie Too]

And yet, they go after Hannity's foundation instead.

-PJ