Posted on 01/19/2016 9:23:06 PM PST by NKP_Vet
Everyone wants to support American vets and when you hear about the great work Wounded Warriors Project does for our own American vets, well, … you just can’t fight the urge to dig deep and give to support the cause. But who/what are you really supporting? Not so much the vets….
DC Clothesline: In the first version of this article, I used the 2012-2013 Wounded Warrior Project 990 Tax Forms. This updated version is using the 2013-2014 Wounded Warrior Project 990 Tax Forms. (Thank you, David Isakson, for all of your assistance) I had made some errors in my original reporting; I am not a forensic accountant and had misread some of the figures or gotten the figures from the wrong columns. I will not be making those mistakes again. The 2012-2013 and the 2013-2014 tax forms are hyperlinked, so feel free to peruse the documents for yourselves. We should not be surprised to find out that yet another ‘charity’ claiming to ‘help’ Veterans is more interested in the salaries of their executives and funding the vicious cycle of advertisement…raise funds…spend it on advertisement…raise funds…ad nauseum. But just the raw figures from their own reporting:
(Excerpt) Read more at republicbroadcasting.org ...
http://bulletsfirst.net/2014/12/30/stop-donating-wounded-warrior-project-theyre-fraud/
Another deal like this is mesothelioma victims. They have an organization to help them but a friend died of it and they never got a cent. Lawyers getting rich.
Charity, like government, needs to be local.
Sounds like another Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Getting to the point ... can you even trust them?
But but but I’m sure they’ll send more blankets and hats to Vets...to advertise for Wounded Warrior Project
And this is why they don’t get a dime from me...
Well just damn. Isn’t anything what it’s supposed to be anymore? I’ve been getting kind of frustrated with the constant gimmicky stuff in my mail anyhow. Absolutely everything seems to be a scam anymore. It’s infuriating.
I belong to a few Vet groups on Facebook and the younger vets who served in combat tell me that many who went to WWP for assistance in various ways were all either denied or given things like caps and blankets, all with the WWP logo on it. They have a very bad rep with the real vet community, I tell civilians of these stories whenever they are brought up as a charity and people don’t believe me til I say google it and see for yourself.
I thought the very same thing.
my dad, a decorated WWII veteran, worked tirelessly for veterans organizations but was always skeptical about Wounded Warriors - and with good reason.
Tom Gresham called it.
They're almost as bad as the Salvation Army. I gave up on them because I got tired of getting one and sometimes two fundraising letters per week (actually double this because they sent duplicates to my house and P.O. box). I dropped them a couple years ago and I'm still getting about one/week.
What organizations then have a good reputation with those who really know what’s what?
I heard good things about Fisher House so I made a donation last year.
this is disgusting. these guys, especially with the head injuries need a lot of help!!!
charity should be local, BUT this should be on the taxpayers’ dime!!!! instead of a billion other absurd benefits for lazy worthless shiftless people.
it’s ONE tax i would be happy to pay.
“...Like this abdorable blanket....”
Gave to this group soon after it was founded, before the FoxNews fame, and have been receivng multiple solicitations per week for at least a decade since. I think I got my $100 back after years of their “put a dollar and/or stamps in the envelope to get the mark feeling guilty” con, err, I mean, solicitation.
The officers may not be getting a crazy salary, but someone there is getting rich off of some part of the operation. Common charity scams are something like: the main vendor for X, Y and/or Z product or service (eg, no bids, no auditing, etc.) pads the cost a few 100%. Its a sure sign when more than 10-20% of a charity’s expenses are fundraising.
Organized crime is a big player in charity scamming, from taking the skim at church gambling nights, kickbacks from vendors, all the way up to selling personal information. WW are clearly being leveraged.
Prior thread: Vanity—What do FReepers think of Wounded Warriors as a charity?—vanity
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3344601/posts
Charity Navigator (for what it’s worth) gives Wounded Warrior Project a score of 84.52%.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12842
If you search Charity Navigator for “veterans” and sort by score, Wounded Warrior Project is in the middle.
For comparison, Charity Navigator give the best scores to these
99.2% — Special Operations Warrior Foundation
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7584
98.98% — Navy SEAL Foundation
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=13076
98.83% — Southeastern Guide Dogs
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8896
97.71 — Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11708
I do not know how legit Charity Navigator is, and their ranking method might not be great, but they do provide some good info.
Leni
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