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packman

(16,296 posts) Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:15 PM Aug 2014

Wounded Warrior Charity?

Saw ads asking for donations with a country-star big hat guy as their spokesman. Heartbreaking pictures of disabled/wounded vets;but, wasn't this the pet charity of Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck a few years back? Have they shaken off the odious connection to the right-wingers and are rebranding themselves now?

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Wounded Warrior Charity? (Original Post) packman Aug 2014 OP

didn't they buy off a charity rating and if you go a few pages deep you'll find their true rating? MattP Aug 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Inkfreak Aug 2014 #2

Here you go -- Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2014 #3

I would not call that a great rating... kirby Aug 2014 #4

Caveats 4Q2u2 Aug 2014 #5

MattP

(3,304 posts)

1. didn't they buy off a charity rating and if you go a few pages deep you'll find their true rating?

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:23 PM

Aug 2014

Oh and yes they spend must of their money on ads and salary

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Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)

3. Here you go --

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:25 PM

Aug 2014

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12842#.U-zw0GPp8fI

kirby

(4,442 posts)

4. I would not call that a great rating...

Reply to Hell Hath No Fury (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:27 PM

Aug 2014

Only 58 cents of every $1 goes to the program. The rest spent (or wasted) fundraising and on administration.
And their CEO gets $311,538 a year.

4Q2u2

(1,406 posts)

5. Caveats

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:29 PM

Aug 2014

I am not sure about buying off the rating. It has a decent one.
But it does not do anything new or different. They are more like a clearing house where they give money they receive to other Wounded Veterans Causes. They do have a some high top dog salaries.
Biggest Caveat: It was started by Bush VA appointees just after GWOT started. So they left the VA where they could really help Wounded Vets and started this Charity.

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