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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Donating to Wounded Warriors? Read this............

OFF THE WIRE
apologies if you receive this more than once... while I couldn't find anything on Snopes... I did find this link:
Which does shed some light on the Wounded Warriors Project.... here's what I received from the MCL Commandant of Massachusetts....
A friend sent me this about the Wounded Warrior Project.  Their 2012 tax return shows income of almost $155 million dollars with ONLY less than $5 million being given to real wounded warriors organizations or individuals.  Kind of makes you sick......Wonder if Trace Atkins knows about it.

 OMG... WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT TAX RETURN 2012... STOP THE DONATIONS NOW!

Semper Fi Injured Marine Fund


Wounded Warrior Project
A friend who contributes wanted to know how they spent their money. so I went to www.guidestar.org, which publishes the 990 tax returns of non-profits, which are public record. (Yes, you can go there and find out what I made last year managing a non-profit.) It's free, but you must register. This is from the Wounded Warrior Project  2012 tax return. I support the Semper Fi Injured Marine Fund. Thought this might be of interest. ~Bob

Income:                                  $154,958,901                  THIS IS ALMOST  $155 MILLION DOLARS!

Expenses (scroll down for functional expenses):

(These appear to be the only expenses helping wounded warriors)
Grants to organizations:       $4,657,084
Grants to individuals:           $871,194

(These appear to be the overhead expenses.)
Compensation, Officers,
Directors & Trustees               $1,057,997
Other wages:                           $15,415,666
Pension Plan:                           $340,650
Employee Benefits:                  $2,266,457
Payroll Taxes:                          $1,594,740
Legal:                                      $499,509
Accounting:                             $131,746
Professional Fund Raising:        $1,901,169
Advertising & Promotions:       $146,299
Office Expenses:                     12,451,303
IT:                                           $254,319
Occupancy (rent):                   $2,490,195
Travel:                                     $4,085,509
Depreciation:                           $1,572,823
Insurance                                $215,654
Outside Services:                    $20,915,404
Meetings and events:               $9,637,863
Direct Response Service:         $6,930,429
Promotional Items:                  $4,055,567
All other expenses:                  $3,659,493

Joint Costs:                             $25,576,675
(Joint costs from a combined educational campaign and fund raising solicitation.)


So before you donate.... check info that's out there~!!
Semper Fi



Betsy E "Gypsy" Lister
Essex County Detachment #127 http://mclessexcountydetachment127.com/
Adjutant
Web Sergeant