Wounded Warrior Project Scam!

[FormerUser]

Apparently nothing is sacred when it comes to the almighty dollar.How sad.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/12...-a-legal-scam/
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/12/27/282381/

This is the kind of sh!t that makes me furious.

[massbassman]

How pathetic... these kind of people are the true scum of the earth. Just sad.

[Raven]

i think the people themselves would get more out of their Donations if they were hand delivered
to their nearest wounded Warrior rather than entrust the job
to these ripoff so called charities.
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and it's not just happening with WWP it happens to many of the charities
and in some cases the money gets siphoned off to al Qaeda so we end up
funding the Terrorists that are Wounding our Warriors.
Recently the Government discovered an Office building that was completely confiscated
because it was owned by "the Bad guys" right in "our" city.

[likwid]

The unfortunate side of getting as large as they have.

That said, anyone questioning whether they help or not,

When you turn around and actually do something for some of these guys coming back on the verge of suicide, lost with no clue what to do, lost in a mountain of VA bureaucratic BS paperwork, you can talk all the trash you want.

[Raven]

One thing i thought was a real benefit to our wounded warriors
with PTSD........ from serving in Iraq or Afghanistan
was the participation in small farming operations like working
in a greenhouse tending to plants ,planting seeds in a very tranquil setting
bringing new life into the world after experiencing the horrors of war.

[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 ..

[FormerUser]

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