I no longer support the wounded warrior project.

[bmac]

Do you have any proof to back up your statements? I'd like to verify this myself before I think badly of the organization.

[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by bmac

Do you have any proof to back up your statements? I'd like to verify this myself before I think badly of the organization.

I agree with your sentiment bmac, and when i found out about this stuff i wanted some fact checking myself.

There is a link in my first post taking you to an article in the examiner discussing the wounded warrior projects aversion to officially working with any organizations that supports gun rights.

here is a link to charity navigator's rating on WWP http://www.charitynavigator.org/inde...ry&orgid=12842
they discuss the ROI of .30 on the dollar and what admin expenses were for WWP.

I will be the first to tell you that I will sorely miss what the WWP did in it's early years. Hell they still did good things even now (by funding hunting / fishing trips etc even now) I just want to commit my money and time to a group that will do those things with a higher percentage of $$ where it belongs, and without pushing its political agenda.

I'm sure there are good one's out there. Just need to find them.

[Matt G]

Originally Posted by bmac

Do you have any proof to back up your statements? I'd like to verify this myself before I think badly of the organization.

wwp-audited-financial-statements-fy-2012.pdf

Here is the audited financials for 2012. It's all hidden in the Statement of Functional Expense on pages 6 and 7. They make it appear that 80% of expenses is for project services, but that is done by "fudging" the numbers. They can send out a newsletter that is mainly for fundraising purposes, but because of the newsletter it is allocated between project services and fundraising. Look close at the total column on page 7. There is $140,728,895 in expenses and roughly $103,440,520 accounted for is REALLY for fundraising and administrative costs. That is 73.5% , which means only 26.5% is being spent for the organizations true purpose. A far cry from the 82.8% they claim. Not very efficient in my book.

[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by Matt G

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Here is the audited financials for 2012. It's all hidden in the Statement of Functional Expense on pages 6 and 7. They make it appear that 80% of expenses is for project services, but that is done by "fudging" the numbers. They can send out a newsletter that is mainly for fundraising purposes, but because of the newsletter it is allocated between project services and fundraising. Look close at the total column on page 7. There is $140,728,895 in expenses and roughly $103,440,520 accounted for is REALLY for fundraising and administrative costs. That is 73.5% , which means only 26.5% is being spent for the organizations true purpose. A far cry from the 82.8% they claim. Not very efficient in my book.

Good find Matt....

Crap... that depresses me even more.