Wounded Warrior Project Scam!

[likwid]

WWP response from facebook:

This article you are referring to is false. The claim that WWP does little, if any, direct support of wounded veterans and programs is simply untrue. WWP has 19 direct programs and services such as Family Support Programs, Combat Stress Recovery Program and Transition Training Academy that veterans and their families participate in every day. The article also makes claims that based on our 2011 990, we spent $95 million on administrative and fundraising costs and less than 10% of donations actually reached wounded veterans. That is absolutely incorrect. If you actually read our 990 here http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org...00-fy-2012.pdf, (page 10) you will see it reflects $95.5 million in TOTAL expenses including $69.5 million spent on our programs and services. Moreover, the IRS form 990 does not present a complete picture of donations and expenditures the way independently audited financials do, and it does nothing to measure impact. Based on Wounded Warrior Project's fiscal year 2012 audited financial statements, 81.6 percent of total expenditures goes directly to our 19 programs and services for wounded veterans and their families. We pride ourselves on being a leader in the industry in reporting results from our programs. You can visit: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org...-we-serve.aspx to see the real impact we are making. For more on our strategy for growing and meeting the needs of this generation of wounded servicemembers, visit wwpinc.org/npt.


Whatever psycho came up with those claims needs to be dragged in the mud and forced to work in a trauma unit for a year.
And from the looks of it he works for ANOTHER group (yes WORKS for) and slags on anyone else.

[justplugit]

I saw a comparison of % expenses by the various veteran's programs and most are in the %50 range.
The USO was one of the highest. Besides salaries the advertising is an expensive proposition.
I try to contribute to causes with a less than %10 expense. Most of those are church/
synagogue relegious charities where people are already in place and paid by the congregation.
I'm still willing to contribute to our vets even if only %50 gets to them. We need to to support our Heroes someway.

[Tagger]

Disgusting ,,, There are a lot more of these scams , No Conscience ..

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by justplugit

I'm still willing to contribute to our vets even if only %50 gets to them. We need to to support our Heroes someway.

I would agree but I am no longer going thru these "corporate" organizations,I don't donate money to pay some dude a six figure salary.There are plenty of local organizations that directly help vets that can use the money,the vets home in Bristol being a fine example.

[JohnR]

WWP on Charity Navigator

http://www.charitynavigator.org/inde...2#.UueterQo5EY

[Slipknot]

I wonder why WWP can't have more money go to the cause like the Homes for Our Troops does? Something is fishy if you asked me.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I wonder why WWP can't have more money go to the cause like the Homes for Our Troops does? Something is fishy if you asked me.

Because they're nation wide and gigantic. Maybe you missed the fact that their annuals were more than ten times that of Homes for Our Troops?

Better yet why don't you ask them instead of making lame comments?

[Stewie]

Charities are a tough business. One that my wife and I contribute to spends 80% of their revenue on advertising and mailing. The people who run it do not take a salary. More money can be raised through aggressive advertising and mailing than just sitting around waiting for others to send help.

The fact that so little of your donated cash gets to those who need it is sad, but there is no easy way around it.