OFF THE WIRE
Founder Danny Perkins Lives in a million dollar condo in Miami and oversees a lucrative money making biker funded charity...
When Orlando television news reporter Matt Grant started digging
around into the finances of Daytona based BADD, (Bikers Against Drunk
Drivers) he hit a stone wall, at least when he contacted the
organization directly. BADD is a well known motorcycle charity in
Central Florida and is known for it’s motorcycle giveaways. According to
records filed with the State of Florida in the three years prior to
2014, the organization collected just over $2.6 million dollars. Those
same records indicate the charity has returned just $20,300 to victims
of drunk drivers, less than 1% of the money it collected. The president
of Charity Navigator, one of the largest non-profit charity watch dogs
in the United States said the numbers don’t add up and gives BADD a
“zero” rating. Records indicate that the charity’s founder Danny Perkins
owns a luxury condo on Miami’s South Beach worth almost a million
dollars and which records indicate was paid for in cash and a 27 foot
pleasure boat which is registered in the charity’s name. When asked how
donations are spent, Perkins told WESH in an email “the charity speaks
for itself,”claiming BADD has sent out 5 million flyers and used
Facebook posts to encourage people not to drink and drive.