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:

http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-wounded-warrior-project-country.html

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!

Woundedwear.org

Woundedwarriorregiment.org

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.)

http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2013/11/todays-political-news_12.html

http://www.guidestar.org/SearchResults.aspx  

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