Charity Watchdog Reportedly Places Wounded Warrior Project On Its Watch List
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Fox News ^
| 1-31-2016 | Fox News
January 31, 2016 FoxNews.com The Wounded Warrior Project, the charity for wounded veterans, has been placed on Charity Navigator’s watch list over accusations of using donor money toward excessive spending on conferences and parties instead of on recovery programs, according to CBS News. According to the charity’s tax forms, obtained by CBS
News, spending on conferences and meetings increased from $1.7 million in 2010, to $26 million in 2014, which is the same amount the group spends on combat stress recovery. Charity Navigator is a watchdog organization that evaluates charities in the U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Erick Millette, who returned...
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Wounded Warrior Project criticized for how it spends donations
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wcvb ^
| 1-28-2016
The Wounded Warrior Project is coming under fire after being accused of wasting donations meant for soldiers and their families. Videos
highlight the plight of wounded veterans and ask Americans to donate generously. And generously they have. In 2014, Wounded Warrior Project received about $300 million in donations, but the organization is under criticism after former employees allege the charity spends lavishly on staff parties and travel. They allege the Wounded Warrior Project spent $26 million dollars on conferences and meetings in 2014 alone. "It's incredibly disturbing," Rep. Seth Moulton said. "I mean, we're talking about people who put their...
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Investigation: Wounded Warrior Charity Only Spends 60 Percent Of Funds On Vets
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The Daily Caller ^
| 1/27/16 | Jonah Bennet
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...
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Wounded Warrior Project reportedly accused of wasting donor money
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CBS via FoxNews ^
| January 26, 2016 | staff
The charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, is facing accusations of using donor money toward excessive spending on conferences and parties instead of on recovery programs, according to a CBS News report.
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Wounded Warrior Execs Make Out Like Bandits, Actual Wounded Warriors? Not So Much....
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republicbroadcasting.org ^
| December 17, 2017
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...
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Wounded Warriors Execs Make Out Like Bandits, Actual Wounded Warriors? Not So Much…
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dailyheadlines.net ^
| Nov. 30, 2015 | Culture Vigilante
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...
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Her wounded yacht Comanche showed true warrior spirit to win the toughest S2H ... but ... 'racist'?
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Daily Mail ^
| 29 December 2015 | Aneeta Bhole
FulklTitle: Her wounded yacht Comanche showed true warrior spirit to win the toughest Sydney to Hobart in years... but were supporters of Kristy Hinze-Clarke 'racist' for celebrating her win wearing Indian headdress and shouting war cries? •Supporters
of winning Sydney to Hobart yacht were slammed on Twitter •Team Comanche were also seen making 'offensive' war cries •Supporters gathered at Constitution Dock, Hobart, when the yacht sailed in •Model Kristy Hinze-Clark was the first female to win this race •Damage to the yacht's dagger board almost lost them the lead •But they triumphed in two days, nine hours and 58 minutes...
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VIDEO: Wounded Warrior Sends Trump Into RAGE
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Consertive Tribune ^
| Oct 28, 2015 | Staff
A wounded warrior and 21-year veteran of the U.S. Army just found himself a new ally in his struggle to get proper care and treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs: GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Trump met the 101st Airborne vet and his wife, Todd and April, Tuesday evening at a
Sioux City, Iowa, campaign event. When The Donald noticed that the man was in a wheelchair, he left the podium behind and walked into the crowd to meet Todd and April face to face and hear their story. --- snip --- “With the current administration, warrior care is...
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Vet Lives Matter – Donald Trump Offers Personal Help To Wounded Warrior(s) in Audience…
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Conservative Treehouse ^
| 27 October, 2015 | Sundance
At a rally in Sioux City, IA, GOP Presidential candidate and front-runner Donald Trump took a question from a Wounded Warrior named Todd, who explained his frustration with the VA. Mr. Trump then took down his information and offered to personally put pressure on the VA:
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Vanity--What do FReepers think of Wounded Warriors as a charity?--vanity
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Vanity | 10/04/15 | Mamzelle
Look at charitable giving budget after a lean year and I want to make every penny count. I
tend to be suspicious of any philanthropy that engages in heavily emotional advertising. Opinions about WW from FReepers appreciated.
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Every time you see a Wounded Warrior commercial I want you to remember this
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Flopping Aces ^
| 09-06-15 | DrJohn
Please watch this: https://youtu.be/zPIMQo4rqyQAs part of Obama's surrender to Iran Qassem Suleimani has been granted amnesty. Suleimani
is the commander of the Iranian elite Quds forces. The full text of Obama's surrender can be seen here. Suleimani appears on page 86. IED's have taken a horrible toll on the US military: About 6,572 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 2,483 of those deaths are IED related, according to the Washington Post. IEDs are the top killer of U.S. troops. Thousands more have been wounded by them. IEDs are a weapon that have torn limbs and lives...
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Wounded Warriors: WII Program Is Life-Changing
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NBC Bay Area ^
| 7/8 | Brie Stimson
Wounded warriors credit the Navy’s Wounded, Ill, and Injured Program (WII) with changing their lives. The
Naval Medical Center San Diego honored volunteers, partners and donors for the WII Program Wednesday. The program provides therapy to sick and injured service members with activities including adaptive sports, community reintegration, exercise therapy and mind-body medicine. The special ceremony recognized those who donated money and bicycles to replace 16 bikes belonging to the Ride for Recovery program that were stolen last March. "We are blessed to live in a community that cares so much about our Wounded, Ill and Injured," said Kim Elliott,...
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Condoleezza Rice, Jenny Oaks Baker perform Amazing Grace to benefit Wounded Warriors
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Twitchy ^
| 7/3/2015 | William
Former U.S. secretary of state and accomplished pianist Condoleezza Rice teamed up with Grammy-nominated concert violinist Jenny Oaks Baker to perform a wonderful rendition of Amazing Grace. Proceeds from the download at iTunes go to the Wounded Warriors Project:
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Wounded Warrior Project: Navy SEAL Shot 27 Times Now Giving Back to His Brothers in Arms [VIDEO]
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mrc-tv ^
“Upon entering that doorway, they all just opened up on me. It
felt like somebody was just beating me up with sledge-hammers. After I figured out I was getting shot at I said, ‘God get me home to my girls.’” Navy SEAL Sr. Chief Mike Day's survival is what some might consider to be a miracle. Day was not only shot 27 times, but also took grenade shrapnel in a fire fight with Al Qaeda terrorists in April of 2007. He successfully took down all four of them. His body armor was only supposed to handle one round and then...
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Liberal Talk Radio Host Loses Bet and Stiffs Wounded Warrior Project
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Twitter/ @BlueBerrier0341 ^
| 05/13/2015 | @Blueberrier0341
On August 7, 2014 I made a bet with Mr. Britt Whitmire of the Brad and Britt radio show. He
was convinced a radio station in North Carolina was flipping to sports because of recent events. This radio station ( 94.5 WPTI) is predominantly a conservative radio station. Their line up includes The K.C. O'dea, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh,Sean Hannity and up until August 1st Jason Lewis. When Jason Lewis went off the air Mr. Whitmire got excited that this radio station was finally failing. I proceeded to tell him he was wrong and a bet was made. Mr. Whitmire...
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'Wounded Warrior’ Charity Unleashes Hell—On Other Veteran Groups
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The Daily Beast ^
| 5-4-15 | Tim Mak
What happens when a non-profit that was started to help veterans becomes the neighborhood bully? For
a charity supposedly devoted to helping veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project spends an enormous amount of time suing or threatening to sue small non-profits—spending resources on litigation that could otherwise be spent on the vets they profess to serve. At issue is the Wounded Warrior Project’s brand: the charity has become particularly litigious over the use of the phrase ‘wounded warrior’ or logos that involve silhouetted soldiers. At least seven such charities have discussed their legal problems with The Daily Beast. The Wounded Warrior...
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‘Wounded Warrior’ Charity Unleashes Hell—On Other Veteran Groups
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Daily Beast ^
| 5/4/15 | Mak`
What happens when a non-profit that was started to help veterans becomes the neighborhood bully? For
a charity supposedly devoted to helping veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project spends an enormous amount of time suing or threatening to sue small non-profits—spending resources on litigation that could otherwise be spent on the vets they profess to serve. At issue is the Wounded Warrior Project’s brand: the charity has become particularly litigious over the use of the phrase ‘wounded warrior’ or logos that involve silhouetted soldiers. At least seven such charities have discussed their legal problems with The Daily Beast. The Wounded Warrior...
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Stevie Nicks finds a higher calling helping wounded warriors
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WJLA ^
| 3-25-2015 | Alex Parker
ARLINGTON, Va. (NewsChannel 8) – One of the most successful and recognizable singers in music history has found a higher calling. Rock
icon Stevie Nicks has devoted countless hours visiting and helping wounded warriors and their families heal—both physically and emotionally. “I am more proud of this than Fleetwood Mac or any of the other things I’ve done,” she said. Nicks, the Grammy-award winning singer and star of Fleetwood Mac, was in the Washington area Tuesday, receiving an award for her profound and passionate work with the USO.
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Liberal Talk Radio Host Loses Bet and Stiffs Wounded Warrior Project
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Twitter/ @BlueBerrier0341 ^
| 3/25/2015 | @Blueberrier0341
On August 7, 2014 I made a bet with Mr. Britt Whitmire of the Brand and Britt radio show. He
was convinced a radio station in North Carolina was flipping to sports because of recent events. This radio station ( 94.5 WPTI) is predominantly a conservative radio station. Their line up includes The K.C. Odea, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh,Sean Hannity and up until August 1st Jason Lewis. When Jason Lewis went off the air Mr. Whitmire got excited that this radio station was finally failing. I proceeded to tell him he was wrong and a bet was made. Mr. Whitmire...
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Ice Warriors: Wounded Warriors
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pbs.org ^
| 11-10-14 | pbs
Hear the veterans and active duty serviceman of the US Paralympic sled hockey team describe what it means to them to be part of Team USA. ICE WARRIORS premieres November 10 at 10/9C (check local listings).
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