Charities that spend most of their donated money on fundraising

[fireftr18]

Reading through the list, I can't say I even recognize any of the names, and a lot of them are fire/police/EMS related.

At one time, I would donate large to the United Way. Then one year I received this extremely ornate letter. To say it was just a letter is a gross understatement. It had some sort of large pamphlet explaining what United Way did (as if I didn't already know, that's why I donated). The letter itself was on a very heavy grade, embossed paper. My guesstimated cost of the letter, including preparing it and mailing, probably a good $25. The content of the letter: they were asking me to donate even more. My donations stopped then, and I haven't looked back. Soon after, their legal troubles came out publicly.

I also got tired of the buy/sell stuff for fund raising. My wife and I don't participate in those anymore. I buy something from your kid, you buy something from my kid. A lot of money changes hands, and the makers of the stuff get rich. We now just donate money directly to whatever the kid is raising money for.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I remember a large charity here advertising for, I think, a communications director on almost/just over £100k.

That disgusted me, their reasoning was wanting a high calibre person and it was in London.

So move, sell off you London offices and move your HQ to somewhere cheaper. £100k to this charity is chicken feed but it's still 100k people donating £1 to a charity that essentially isn't being used for the purpose of the donation. I know of no one that gives money to a charity for it to be paying someone their wages at five times their own rate.

But you must understand the dilemma these charities face, one simply can't get the best caterers and premier party venues out in the provinces.

[Wolferz]

You know what they say...
A fool and his money are soon parted

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Canada achieved it.

But, our system was started by the benevolent rich, then taken over by the malevolent greedy rich, who corrupted it from stem to stern.
My charitable contributions go directly to those who need it through unsolicited acts of kindness. Like a waitress with a pack of kids she needs to clothe for school....$100.00 tip.
Or any waitress I see getting run ragged by some cheapskates who refuse to tip. $20.00 tip each time.

I don't have a problem with the rich, but we have a new class of elite that currupts everything they touch to get richer without thinking of who it hurts.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I don't have a problem with the rich, but we have a new class of elite that currupts everything they touch to get richer without thinking of who it hurts.

I concur That's why I mentioned the malevolent greedy rich. Not only do they not care who it hurts, they don't have a problem with hurting people on purpose to gain their ends.

[d@rk51d3]

And it's not just donations they want these days. What really gets my goat is that they outright refuse them, and insist on your banking details so they can help themselves.

Then you have the animal welfare mobs, on multi million dollar grants, destroying 90% of their "rescued" animals, because they are under the target weight, or they just don't want to spend their donated millions actually looking after and feeding them.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

<--- Firm believer in the concept of reap what you sew

If you are reaping what you sew you are probably pulling too hard on the thread.

Perhaps you meant reap what you sow.

(Can't believe that post got past Steve.)

[Wolferz]

I can't believe it got past me, Platapus. S O W sow. Not S E W sow.
Maybe that's why my clothing keeps coming apart.

Sorted.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Platapus

(Can't believe that post got past Steve.)

Where and when have you ever heard me claim to be perfect?

Besides, I obviously have you to back me up.

[Armistead]

He missed my error as well

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Maybe that's why my clothing keeps coming apart.

No, that's because they are making the thread count as low as possible to maximize profit. The cloth is as thin as factory walls in Bangladesh. Just wait till they get hit with the skin cancer class action lawsuit.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Armistead

He missed my error as well

No, he didn't, but you seem to have missed the several dozen time's he's said that spelling and typos happen all the time and aren't worth commenting on.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, he didn't, but you seem to have missed the several dozen time's he's said that spelling and typos happen all the time and aren't worth commenting on.

I missed that. Crap, if I can't trust you to correct my errors, guess I'll have to be more careful.

[Sailor Steve]

Well, it's three hours later and no one has commented on my own stupid mistake. I didn't catch it myself, but now Armistead has quoted it, so I have to live with it.

[Armistead]

When the towers fell I was working as a Project Manager for a large construction company. We also had a division that did commercial fireproofing, by that time codes had totally changed, products as well. I was sitting with my boss watching the buildings burn as several discussed fireproofing and codes when the towers were built. My boss stated "I bet those towers collapse, they should clear the area out." It wasn't 10 minutes later the first tower fell.

Anyway, we all know Cheney planned this all, had all the buildings rigged to explode and timed it perfectly.