Well at least it's good to know someone has benefited. Unfortunately I've seen the numbers for WWP and I have to disagree. Fisher House does just as much and more and doesn't use their charity as a profit machine to pay admin and celebrities.
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Well at least it's good to know someone has benefited. Unfortunately I've seen the numbers for WWP and I have to disagree. Fisher House does just as much and more and doesn't use their charity as a profit machine to pay admin and celebrities.
Imagine how many more vets could be helped if they gave the 66 cents to the vets and only kept 34 cents for administrative costs.
might as well throw in my other most unfavorite corporation I mean charity: komen for the lawsuits.
google komen and lawsuits to get the whole story. basically they are big bullies out for keeping "their" money.
google komen and lawsuits to get the whole story. basically they are big bullies out for keeping "their" money.
I've seen it first hand and it's unfortunate but true...
If you want a good charity that will actually do something for our injured vets,and not waste your money on Admin costs, go here: independence-fund IT is 100% Voluntary in the labor force, so no big salaries to executives, and they are buying track chairs for crippled vets. Its great setup I think 
wow, my company donated 5% of all profits last year to WWP.
if this is true, as Kraft so elegantly put it, regarding Hernandez; "ive been duped"!
if this is true, as Kraft so elegantly put it, regarding Hernandez; "ive been duped"!
I saw a video about this on youtube few months ago Wounded Warrior - AntiGun! by James Yeager. I have few friends who regularly donate to charities like this, so this was s surprise. They are actually turning into a gun-ban group I heard.
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WOW THATS VERY GENEROUS!!!
Charity Navigator - Your Search Results
Thats a search of the charity ranking website using Military as the search basis. Lots of good ones. The $300k for C.E.O. of WWP is a killer.
Guys, it's a business, a profit maker, under the guise of helping vets. They do enough of that to justify all the fundraising and publicity they do. Dunno how many of you clicked on the Navigator links in the posts above mine, but here's a snapshot.
(FYE 09/2011)
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They had a profit of over $16 million that year, and paid the CEO $319,652- which is not out of line for a for-profit company of that size. Which they are, plain and simple. Our local grocery store has WWP bottled water. We live in a small patriotic town and the stuff is flying off the shelves.
Sad. They've gotten their last dollar from me, ever.
1911fan
(FYE 09/2011)
| REVENUE | |
| Total Contributions | $70,145,724 |
| Program Service Revenue | $0 |
| Total Primary Revenue | $70,145,724 |
| Other Revenue | $3,912,624 |
| TOTAL REVENUE | $74,058,348 |
| EXPENSES (Adjusted) | |
| Program Expenses | $31,782,076 |
| Administrative Expenses | $4,669,208 |
| Fundraising Expenses | $21,306,030 |
| TOTAL FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES | $57,757,314 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Excess (or Deficit) for the year | $16,301,034 |
| Net Assets | $30,357,444 |
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They had a profit of over $16 million that year, and paid the CEO $319,652- which is not out of line for a for-profit company of that size. Which they are, plain and simple. Our local grocery store has WWP bottled water. We live in a small patriotic town and the stuff is flying off the shelves.
Sad. They've gotten their last dollar from me, ever.
1911fan
That article was from November of last year. What are the recent developments?
I'm a Vet, and I don't contribute money to 'charities', but rather to Veterans' fraternal organizations, like the Legion, the VFW, and the Marine Corps League. They have helped me substantively and I pay it forward.
Seeing the overheads, legitimate of not, that the 'charities' generate, I'd rather give my time and effort, and see 100% of it reach the Vets, than cop out with a check, and turn my back on how it's allocated. I decide where my contribution goes, not some pecking order of highly paid management types. These days, I can't do as much as I once could, but I do have some good reason to be proud of what I've managed.
At my level of contribution, policies regarding gun ownership don't even enter into the conversation. My volunteer activities have been with VAVS, but mostly with the MODD.
Greg
Seeing the overheads, legitimate of not, that the 'charities' generate, I'd rather give my time and effort, and see 100% of it reach the Vets, than cop out with a check, and turn my back on how it's allocated. I decide where my contribution goes, not some pecking order of highly paid management types. These days, I can't do as much as I once could, but I do have some good reason to be proud of what I've managed.
At my level of contribution, policies regarding gun ownership don't even enter into the conversation. My volunteer activities have been with VAVS, but mostly with the MODD.
Greg
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This can't be emphasized enough. Wounded Warrior Project is a SCAM. Tell your friends, tell your families, tell your boss, run for the hills, flee for your lives... ahem.
Start here: wounded warrior project scam (bing search results).
Then here (from not too very long ago): Wounded Warriors Project A Legal Scam | Veterans Today
I used to donate to HHV until I found this: Help Hospitalized Veterans - charitywatch.org
There are a LOT of scams out there.
Donate wisely. But do whatever you can.
This can't be emphasized enough. Wounded Warrior Project is a SCAM. Tell your friends, tell your families, tell your boss, run for the hills, flee for your lives... ahem.
Start here: wounded warrior project scam (bing search results).
Then here (from not too very long ago): Wounded Warriors Project A Legal Scam | Veterans Today
I used to donate to HHV until I found this: Help Hospitalized Veterans - charitywatch.org
There are a LOT of scams out there.
Donate wisely. But do whatever you can.
I would like to start a thread on here for these guys in need, with 100 percent going directly to them! Maybe I should ask frank? We could call it Snipers Hide Vet fund that would cover all in the uniform.
SOWW - Special Operations Wounded Warriors
An amazing group of guys founded this organization and they really do a lot for wounded vets.
An amazing group of guys founded this organization and they really do a lot for wounded vets.
Not sure if they are still as active, but Mark Cuban's "Fallen Patriot Fund" is a great resource for guys in true need of financial assistance, not the typical scam artist "wounded warriors."
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