Investigation: Wounded Warrior Charity Only Spends 60 Percent Of Funds On Vets

The Daily Caller ^ | 1/27/16 | Jonah Bennet

[mazda77]

The Wounded Warrior Project, a charity organization dedicated to helping injured former military members, only spends about 60 percent of its donation funds helping veterans.

An investigation by CBS News discovered that the Wounded Warrior Project has a dismal record when compared to other similar charities, though the group managed to pull in $300 million just in 2014. The organization apparently raised more than $1 billion since 2003.

“Their mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors, but what the public doesn’t see is how they spend their money,” Army Staff Sgt. Erick Millette told CBS News. Millette worked with the project for two years before quitting from disillusionment, saying that the charity was little more than a scam to bring in money and spend on extravagant and luxurious parties, as well as other non-vet-related expenses.

[WorksinKOP]

This, and your statement... I need to find a better, more direct vehicle. Salvation Army is our number one. More then 90% to the intended .I’ll mention, Dad claimed they saved his life in Korea. Years in Valley Forge MH, they were there for him.. So, SA is always our No. 1....

[Fai Mao]

“I believe that the Salvation Army has the highest pass through on donations.”

World Vision used to be in the 90% range. I don’t know if that is still the case

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

What’s Hillary at 10-15%

[stars & stripes forever]

[The Salvation Army has the highest pass through on donations]

I believe they give 90% to their missions.

[Hot Tabasco]

My elderly neighbor suffers from Lupus and knowing that I used to date a gal who also suffered from Lupus at the time, asked me if I could find a lupus support group.

I eventually found the Michigan Lupus foundation (or something like that) and contacted them several times via email asking for information and never received it.

After further investigation, I discovered that the gal who heads the foundation receives $45,000 per year from the govt. and she also sits on the board of another "non profit" organization.......

Other than holding the occasional races for Lupus to raise funds for the organization, there is no information where those funds go to........

[sagar]

Those who are against WWP are anti-capitalists. WWP is a private entity that can do whatever it likes with its OWN money. /s

[txrefugee]

One of the very best charities is Dr. Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse, which uses 89% to help the needy, while spending only 11% for overhead. That is an excellent record.

[sagar]

“I believe that the Salvation Army has the highest pass through on donations.”

Source?

According to the stuff I have seen, Salvation Army’s index is 84, which, while not bad at all, is nowhere close to being the best. Feeding America, for example, is 97.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Guide-to-Giving/America-s-Top-50-charities-How-well-do-they-rate

[drjimmy]

Those who are against WWP are anti-capitalists. WWP is a private entity that can do whatever it likes with its OWN money.

Huh? Wounded Warrior Project was granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service functioning as a charity under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to the organization are deductible as charitable contributions. It is not a private entity.

[RetiredTexasVet]

You missed the /S tag!

[mrsloungitude]

We do a lot of research before we select a charity to receive our charitable donations. I looked into the Wounded Warriors fund 5 years ago and their numbers were not even as bad as today. We chose not to donate to them. Our money goes to the Gary Sinise Foundation and the Semper Fi fund for vets. We have other charities that get our donations that we scrutinize to the same level.

[mrsloungitude]

There are veteran charities (and others) with a lot higher ratings than the Wounder Warriors. Their rating is too low to get any of my money.

[mrsloungitude]

I agree. The Salvation Army is on our list every year.

[The Great RJ]

There are too many of these national charities that spend a big part of donations on fat salaries for executives, lavish conferences and a lot of junk that does nothing to help those they claim to help. The Red Cross and United Way are good examples I can think of. I have to give credit to the Salvation Army. They help in many ways and do not seek any publicity or pay their staff big salaries. During the 1993 floods in Iowa, I witnessed the Salvation Army busy giving out hot meals, helping clean up and never wasting time with press conferences like the Red Cross.

[drjimmy]

You missed the /S tag!

D'oh!