I have the same misgivings about many charities like Red Cross and United Way that are so top heavy with executive, board and managerial salaries that only a little bit of donations makes it to the recipients. I mean really, $1k martini lunches for United Way execs. (I was at the next table at the Peppercorn Duck Restaurant) and Red Cross shows up at the Hyatt Regency Skywalk disaster with a coffee wagon and Salvation Army shows up with blankets and volunteers (me included) for rescue and recovery. Red Cross and United Way execs are paid huge salaries and bonuses, but Salvation Army operates in the red every year. To be fair Red Cross has raised its Charity Watch rating to 89% and United Way is at 91.1 % now after reforms were forced on them. But…I still don’t trust they won’t revert to the side of greed when they think no one is watching.
I have the same misgivings about many charities like Red Cross and United Way that are so top heavy with executive, board and managerial salaries that only a little bit of donations makes it to the recipients. I mean really, $1k martini lunches for United Way execs. (I was at the next table at the Peppercorn Duck Restaurant) and Red Cross shows up at the Hyatt Regency Skywalk disaster with a coffee wagon and Salvation Army shows up with blankets and volunteers (me included) for rescue and recovery. Red Cross and United Way execs are paid huge salaries and bonuses, but Salvation Army operates in the red every year. To be fair Red Cross has raised its Charity Watch rating to 89% and United Way is at 91.1 % now after reforms were forced on them. But…I still don’t trust they won’t revert to the side of greed when they think no one is watching.