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15 Feb ’12
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That is highly dissapointing
A CBS News investigation into a charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, looks into how the charity spends its donation money.
What caught our attention is how the Wounded Warrior Project spends donations compared to other long-respected charities.
For example, Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust spends 96 percent of its budget on vets. Fisher House devotes 91 percent. But according to public records reported by "Charity Navigator," the Wounded Warrior Project spends 60 percent on vets.
Where is the money is going?
In its commercials, Wounded Warrior Project appeals to the American public's generosity, and it works. In 2014 alone the group received more than $300 million in donations.
"Their mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors, but what the public doesn't see is how they spend their money," said Army Staff Sergeant Erick Millette.
Millette came home from Iraq in 2006 with a bronze star and a purple heart -- along with a traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
Initially, he admired the charity's work, and participated in its programs. He took a job as a public speaker with Wounded Warrior Project in 2013. But after two years, he quit.
"You're using our injuries, our darkest days, our hardships, to make money. So you can have these big parties," he told CBS News.
Millette said he witnessed lavish spending on staff.
"Let's get a Mexican mariachi band in there, let's get maracas made with [the] WWP logo, put them on every staff member's desk. Let's get it catered and have a big old party," he described.
"Going to a nice fancy restaurant is not team building. Staying at a lavish hotel at the beach here in Jacksonville, and requiring staff that lives in the area to stay at the hotel is not team building," Millette continued.
CBS News spoke to more than 40 former employees who described a charity where spending was out of control.
more http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded-warrior-project-accused-of-wasting-donation-money/
19 Feb ’12
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There was a story (on CBS I assume) the other day. It was kind of sad. WW has a spokesman who is a wounded warrior and he was trying to defend them and he just kept parroting the same line over and over. It got to the point the interviewer said, "you're just going to keep repeating that no matter what I ask??"
19 Feb ’12
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I'm skeptical of most charities, especially after I learned about the Susan G Komen Foundation. They're one of the worst. Red Cross is pretty bad too and they turned me off after 9/11.
15 Feb ’12
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I'm really surprised people give to either to be honest.
12 Oct ’12
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Honestly, I am very distrusting of most big NFP's; I usually stick with small local groups that I know are doing good with not a lot of overhead.
15 Feb ’12
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that's what we do, we give to the local food pantry and a couple church groups.
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6 Oct ’15
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We have given up on pretty much all charities. We only donate to this organization that provides counseling and related services to children that have been sexually abused... sad that there is a need for such an organization...but I am glad they are there for the kids...
We used to support the food pantry...but around here they found/find, that people re sell the food, people go to multiple ones, that people lie about their income to get assistance... seems like the news is always finding things, including mis-management of the money (like buying a caddy for the director of one of the food banks)
People want to help and other's profit from it at the expense of those that are in need.
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