Do Charities give YOU money or gifts?

Bridog

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They must be doing something right. Every week I get mail with money in it. Nickels and dimes mostly but I feel sort of guilty keeping it. Sometimes I get calculators, address books, rosary beads, note pads, but I mostly like the cash. If they can afford to send it than WTH right? Anyone else getting paid? Feel guilty? Get pissed?
 
Brian, If you don't like getting free stuff in the mail I'll pm you my address send it on brother... all I ever get is bills and junk mail...
 
Haha Jason. I don't mind the cash, but I really do feel guilty keeping the money they send me. I just can't afford to send them anything back in return right now. Part of me gets upset that they can use other peoples donations to send me the money/stuff in the first place. Seems counter productive to me.:huh:
 
I stopped giving when I found out the salaries of some of the charity CEO's were making. :smt021 . :smt021
 
Bridog said:
Haha Jason. I don't mind the cash, but I really do feel guilty keeping the money they send me. I just can't afford to send them anything back in return right now. Part of me gets upset that they can use other peoples donations to send me the money/stuff in the first place. Seems counter productive to me.:huh:
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If they use "other peoples donations" to get a successful return it's all good. It must work or the number I see would not do it. A mailing request for money costs too, what the heck is the deal with sticking another dollar in a $2 mailing if it produces? I do hope you put hat money back to some charity.

Summer Fun II said:
I stopped giving when I found out the salaries of some of the charity CEO's were making. :smt021 . :smt021
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That is reactionary non-sense, and a poor way to select charity. If a person could sell $10 million dollars of freight services for a trucking company or $10 million dollars of trucks and they made $200,000 to do, so why shouldn't those same talents make $200,000 for generating $10 million in donations? What are the "workers" for charity supposed to live on? Charity? Your comment makes it seem they should take a vow of poverty to put their talent to work for the charity. The last thing charity needs is the waste of unskilled, but well meaning volunteers running everything.

MM
 
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Well MM you give your money to the greedy basta*ts. But, I'm keeping mine. :smt001





UNICEF - CEO, receives $1,200,000 per year, (plus use of a Royal Royce for his exclusive use where ever he goes, and an expense account that is rumored to be well over $150,000.):wow:

CEO of the American Red Cross...for her salary for the year ending in 2009 was $651,957 plus expenses. Enjoys 6 weeks - fully paid holidays including all related expenses during the holiday trip for her and her husband and kids. including 100% fully paid health & dental plan for her and her family, for life. :wow:

President of the United Way receives a $375,000 base salary (U.S. funds), plus so many numerous expense benefits it's hard to keep track as to what it is all worth, including a fully paid lifetime membership for 2 golf courses (1 in Canada, and 1 in the U.S.A.), 2 luxury vehicles, a yacht club membership, 3 major company gold credit cards for his personal expenses.:wow:
 
Summer Fun II said:
Well MM you give your money to the greedy basta*ts. But, I'm keeping mine. :smt001
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I updated my previous numbers. Why are they greedy if they produce results? It would be utopian to think charity coud get real full time management for nothing. Would it really be better if volunteers did all the work and squandered $3 million due to lack of skill or knowledge of running multi-million dollar entities? At the bottom line it is a form of business that must be ran by someone.

MM
 
Well Mike, What do you think about this then ??. I guess they hire all losers to make that much money. :smt001



The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 Billion dollar organization. Which means about $0.93 per dollar earned, is readily available and goes back out to local charity causes.
 
Summer Fun II said:
Well MM you give your money to the greedy basta*ts. But, I'm keeping mine. :smt001





UNICEF - CEO, receives $1,200,000 per year, (plus use of a Royal Royce for his exclusive use where ever he goes, and an expense account that is rumored to be well over $150,000.):wow:

CEO of the American Red Cross...for her salary for the year ending in 2009 was $651,957 plus expenses. Enjoys 6 weeks - fully paid holidays including all related expenses during the holiday trip for her and her husband and kids. including 100% fully paid health & dental plan for her and her family, for life. :wow:

President of the United Way receives a $375,000 base salary (U.S. funds), plus so many numerous expense benefits it's hard to keep track as to what it is all worth, including a fully paid lifetime membership for 2 golf courses (1 in Canada, and 1 in the U.S.A.), 2 luxury vehicles, a yacht club membership, 3 major company gold credit cards for his personal expenses.:wow:
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More internet garbage:smt021
 
MonacoMike said:
I updated my previous numbers. Why are they greedy if they produce results? It would be utopian to think charity coud get real full time management for nothing. Would it really be better if volunteers did all the work and squandered $3 million due to lack of skill or knowledge of running multi-million dollar entities? At the bottom line it is a form of business that must be ran by someone.

MM
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Yes, I noticed that you gave a 700k salary increase. You gettin' some under the table?:lol:
 
F'in lying internet. :smt024. That's it !!!, I'm never going to believe another thing I read on the internet. :lol:
 
MonacoMike said:
I updated my previous numbers. Why are they greedy if they produce results? It would be utopian to think charity coud get real full time management for nothing. Would it really be better if volunteers did all the work and squandered $3 million due to lack of skill or knowledge of running multi-million dollar entities? At the bottom line it is a form of business that must be ran by someone.

MM
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Woody said:
Yes, I noticed that you gave a 700k salary increase. You gettin' some under the table?:lol:
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They took my skim away and I reduced their income. Actually I revised the post back. Good research Woody, MM
 
Bridog,

If you don't mind me asking, which charities send you this stuff?

I asked my wife and we have never received anything like that from the charities we give to. She called two of our favorites (local rescue missions) a couple years ago and asked them to stop wasting the money on multiple mailers to us during the holidays. She said one was sufficient as a reminder and they have been very good to comply with her wishes.

I did get a really cool gift this year from a charity function. A contractor we work with had a "team" food drive for their local food bank. We were honored that they asked us to participate on their "team". Our team "won" and the contractor made up some very cool tee shirts to commemorate the event. The real winner was the food bank who received several hundred thousand dollars and tons of food from the competition.
 
This might add some information to the discussion:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/sharing/2010-07-14-charity-coins_N.htm


"Charities mail out coins, hope for larger return"

"A growing number of charities across the USA are taking a nickel-and-dime approach to encourage donations by mail, despite some evidence that including coins in solicitations turns off potential donors.Paul Bobnak, director for "Who's Mailing What!" a service that collects data on direct mail operations, says the company's records show the use of coins in charity mailings is increasing this year after several years of decline.
The change comes while charities scramble to fight a recession-fueled drop in donations. In June, the GivingUSA Foundation reported a $11.3 billion drop in charitable giving for the past year.

"The mere fact that a non-profit is willing to take a big risk, that the coin mailing may not result in a donation, often creates a bad perception," Bobnak says. "A lot of people ask, 'If they need money so badly, why are they sending it out.' "

Despite that perception, coin mailings actually increase donations, some charities report.
"They wouldn't do it if it didn't work," says Melissa Brown, associate director of research at the Center on Philanthropy. "Direct mail programs have extensive testing programs to figure out who will respond to each mailer."
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society did a mailing in April 2010, some with coins and some without, says Bruny Lynch, the national director of direct response fundraising. The envelopes with nickels earned 75% more than the others, Lynch said.
"Generally speaking, our coin package outperforms things we test against it two to one, " says Nick Ellinger, vice president of strategic outreach for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Ken Berger, president and CEO of Charity Navigator, a website that rates charities, says coins generate a lot of frustration among the site's commenters.
"Whether its money, junk or knick, knack, paddy whack, we don't want it," he said. "We want to see charities using every nickel, penny and dime we send them."
To combat that perception, charities such as Covenant House use coins sparingly, and rely on literature that explains their mission, says Tom Manning, vice president of public relations and marketing.
Kristi Kirschner, a mother of four from Springfield, Va., remembers being surprised to see a nickel attached to a UNICEF letter. It said 5 cents could save a child's life and asked her to return the coin with a donation.
"I think it's sort of a guilt tactic," Kirschner said. "I don't know how many nickels they send out, but that's got to add up to a lot of money." She said, "It wasn't my nickel, so I sent it back" — without a donation.
Helene Vallone, vice president for direct and interactive marketing at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, said the charity stopped using coins in 2007, around the time Kirschner received her nickel, but not because of complaints.
"We wanted more mission donors," she said. "Mission donors" respond to the charity's goals rather than freebies. "So now we're acquiring fewer donors, but they're donating at a higher dollar value."
•For more on philanthropy and giving, go to the Kindness community at kindness.usatoday.com. "
 
Old post but I received a 2.75 check today. Another Charity I'm not donating to anymore. I know there's a return on their investment but it comes at the cost of those who have been donating for years, Like me! Pet Peeve of mine. Don't send out money if your asking for it.
 
BTW I've never kept money/gifts from a charity without having given much, MUCH more than received. I think I'm going to stop giving altogether.
 
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