TOTALLY GEEKED!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Charities

ed11563 · Guru

WOW !

Is this true???

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Yup. I've known this for a long time.

Another bad one, IMHO, is the Susan B Kolman Breast Cancer Research fund. Most of that money does not go for research. This group has become a political funding group.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

ed11563 wrote:

WOW !

Is this true???

I dunno. I saw this on Facebook so I posted it. There was no link so not really sure. smile

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

What? You didn't search Snopes.com?

You are slipping, LGS. ;)

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Nah. I just like to play it low key once in awhile.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

A better word is, lazy. Bwahahaha

Wait...that would be me as well. evileye

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Does it ever really matter? I used to knock myself out providing links, etc. But, then the libs would be like, "oh that's from Breitbart or Fox" so that link doesn't count. They always just attack the link rather than actually address the content of whatever it is you are posting.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Does it ever really matter? I used to knock myself out providing links, etc. But, then the libs would be like, "oh that's from Breitbart or Fox" so that link doesn't count. They always just attack the link rather than actually address the content of whatever it is you are posting.

...but, but, that's the fun part!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Can I set up a GoFundMe account?

(I think that's what it's called...)

flan

p.s. I need $$$ for nail polish.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

flan327 wrote:
Can I set up a GoFundMe account?

(I think that's what it's called...)

flan

p.s. I need $$$ for nail polish.

Sure, why not. biggrin

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Yes. Not all charities are non profit. I have never heard any one of these claim to be non profit.

I use to work for Goodwill. Ran the local store. We did a lot good. Helped a lot of people. And I met and became friends with a lot people.

Matter of fact, when I went so far off the reservation, they stood by me. Helped me get my act together again. Gave me a chance to earn my self respect back. And that after I stole from them.

So yeah. Some charities are not non profit. But they do a LOT of good. And it takes a lot of money to do what those charities listed actually do.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

IMHO, the Goodwill one is a misinterpretation of the companies goals. I don't think he makes much money off the items sold there.

The employee's learn skills and are given a chance to make good decisions on how to change their lives for the good.

I refuse to give to the Red Cross.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I like Goodwill. There goal is to employ people others won't and get them job experience to help them get a fresh start. That is a good goal, IMO.

ladyloonatic · Regular

I can't see the OP, blockers at work. Can someone give me a quick synopsis?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I know when I was manager of the local store, I did none of the hiring. I gave applications but the hiring was done by another. They would show up with a card introducing themselves.

I had 2 full time and several part time and then volunteers.

ed11563 · Guru

ladyloonatic wrote:
I can't see the OP, blockers at work. Can someone give me a quick synopsis?

Think before you donate

CEO salaries and pass through of funds to their stated purpose:

American Red Cross

CEO salary $651,957 plus expenses

March of Dimes

10% of revenues goes to help the needy

United Way

President earsn $375,000 salary plus generous expenses

UNICEF

CEO receives $1,200,000 plus expenses and a Rolls Royce

5% of donations go to the cause

Goodwill

CEO get $2.3 million a year.

NOTHING goes to help the poor.

ladyloonatic · Regular

Wow! Those are some pretty nice salaries.
I'm surprised that so little goes to those in need. Do they mean just in direct payments? Or does it include service provision?

For example, Goodwill: maybe no cash goes directly to the needy, but don't they run shelters and food kitchens and things like that."

United Way helps to fund a lot of community programs, so again, no money goes directly to the poor, but they do have programs where they give away winter coats and boots, hats, mittens to needy, and have social support networks and counseling programs.

March of Dimes does a lot in prenatal research and stuff like that don't they?

ed11563 · Guru

ladyloonatic wrote:
Wow! Those are some pretty nice salaries.
I'm surprised that so little goes to those in need. Do they mean just in direct payments? Or does it include service provision?

For example, Goodwill: maybe no cash goes directly to the needy, but don't they run shelters and food kitchens and things like that."

United Way helps to fund a lot of community programs, so again, no money goes directly to the poor, but they do have programs where they give away winter coats and boots, hats, mittens to needy, and have social support networks and counseling programs.

March of Dimes does a lot in prenatal research and stuff like that don't they?

There might be some bias in the source. Or it could be total BS.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Personally I think Charity begins at home. Take care of YOUR family. Then take care of your community around you, your neighbor, your home church and local charities. THEN branch out.

ladyloonatic · Regular

True. But like with United Way, though it's a national organization, the money raised stays in the community it was raised in.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I would rather give directly. If I want to give to the Local food bank, I just give to the local food bank.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I mean, everyone can do what they want. But, I am getting tired of the whole world with its hands out.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I'd like to see the other numbers.

The complete break down of where money goes.

A lot of times, if you see the whole picture, it changes the way you see the small part presented.

ladyloonatic · Regular

A lot of times, if you see the whole picture, it changes the way you see the small part presented.

That's what I was thinking.
But, those were still some mighty hefty CEO salaries...

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Like I said, I have never heard any of these claim to be non profit.

And these are big organizations. It's a real job to keep them functioning.

I really doubt the Red Cross could help so many around the world with strictly voluntary help.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
I like Goodwill. There goal is to employ people others won't and get them job experience to help them get a fresh start. That is a good goal, IMO.

This. And what Czech said. Sure they pay minimum wage to workers. But most of their workers are people who wouldn't be employable by other people. My son is a good example of that. Minimum wage for these people is better than no wage at all.

ed11563 · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
I'd like to see the other numbers.

The complete break down of where money goes.

A lot of times, if you see the whole picture, it changes the way you see the small part presented.

I haven't looked yet, but we can probably get that breakdown from each organization's website.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Dd's friend has worked for Goodwill for about four years now. He's full time and has decent benefits. He is a backroom lead and makes a few bucks above minimum. The regional head hauncho put a ton of pressure on the stores. It's all about sales and moving merchandise out onto to floor.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Southern_Belle wrote:
Dd's friend has worked for Goodwill for about four years now. He's full time and has decent benefits. He is a backroom lead and makes a few bucks above minimum. The regional head hauncho put a ton of pressure on the stores. It's all about sales and moving merchandise out onto to floor.

Yeah, you have to sell things.

We had a shipment of new appliances once. Stoves, refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers and dishwashers.

Brand new, never used, still had the plastic everywhere.

They were in a building that was burned or tornado or something.

They had scratches and dents.

But they all worked. Name brands.

They sold for about $100 each.

If you don't sell the stuff, you can't fund the programs without the money.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

ladyloonatic wrote:
True. But like with United Way, though it's a national organization, the money raised stays in the community it was raised in.

I'm walking a 5K this weekend to benefit United Way.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

United Way helped me a lot when I was in college.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I used to be on the investment committee for United Way. We'd have to go around to the organizations and check up on them for how they were spending the money and then recommend whether to fund them again.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

United Way paid for my daycare while I was in college. They put me on sliding scale service. I paid ten dollars a week. That doesn't sound like a lot until you realize I was only getting a $226/month welfare check.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

There is a website that ranks charities, trying to find the website.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

This is a good link.

give.org/charity-reviews/national/

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

My favorite charity is St. Jude's Children's hospital and a local animal program - Dr. Goode's homeless pets foundation.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I don't have the resources to give to every charity.

I support local charities as much as I can.

The churches food bank, local shelters.

I use to send good, used toys and clothes to the women's shelter here. I still send clothes from time to time.

I took a bunch of things to one of the bigger outreach programs here once. They were thrilled with the clothes and few toys.

But it was amazing how much they got excited over the books.

I took two sets of encyclopedias and 2 boxes of books.

They were so thrilled to have those books.

Who knew?

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I like Goodwill.Gives me a place to dump my junk.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I gave some baby items to a local thrift store many years ago. After dropping the stuff at the back door and went around to the front to walk around. I was near the receiving area and could hear the volunteers fighting over the stuff I had just donated. I have never donated anything else to that charity in the past 18 years

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

You can find some cool stuff at Goodwill.

Here are the rules

Customers brings in donations and you give them a reciept for what they say it is worth.

Donations are not to be opened, gone through or in any way tampered with.

Donations are taken to the cleaning house. There, they go through it, clean it, repair it, sort it and prepare it for distribution.

Employees can not purchase or set aside any item once redistributed.

Once the item has been placed on the sales floor, it can then be purchased by anyone.

Micah and I loved getting albums in. We would go through those just as soon as they hit the sales floor.

I got a few collectable albums through Goodwill.

Couple KISS albums and a Lynyrd Skynyrd album.

Give less than $2.00 for them.

Sold them for $160 to a local collector.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I like Goodwill.Gives me a place to dump my junk.

Yea, same here. I like giving to the Salvation Army too but they only take donations at certain times and I don't have time to plan around that.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Neighbor was fired from goodwill for setting all the good stuff aside and buying it for a quarter. She was one of four to get busted. At our center it's received and sorted by the same people.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Once i dump it off i dont care what happens to it. The employees can steal it. i dont care

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Once i dump it off i dont care what happens to it. The employees can steal it. i dont care

This is me.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

NAOW wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I like Goodwill.Gives me a place to dump my junk.
Yea, same here. I like giving to the Salvation Army too but they only take donations at certain times and I don't have time to plan around that.

Caitlyn worked at SA last summer. She said they clean nothing. It comes in the door and on the shelf it goes.

She said there are stacks and stacks of stuff that just rots cause there is no where to put it.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Southern_Belle wrote:
Neighbor was fired from goodwill for setting all the good stuff aside and buying it for a quarter. She was one of four to get busted. At our center it's received and sorted by the same people.

That is why the rules are what they are.

There is a new Goodwill store in Chattanooga I have been meaning to go to.

All new things. Nothing in that store is donations.