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heavenlyboy34
01-01-2015, 11:09 PM
Just in case you were considering donating to them. I know they advertise on the radio all the time.
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373
Wounded Warriors Project earned our ire about a year ago when theymade it clear they didn’t want to partner with gun owners to help them fundraise. Or Christians (read on). More recently, they sued a tiny, all-volunteer “Help Indiana Veterans” group (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10131) for calling them out on the tens of millions WWP spends on salaries and the paltry three or four pennies on the dollar (http://www.gunssavelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wwp-900-fy-2012.pdf) they apparently spend on actual grants.
Word of Wounded Warriors Project and its shameful scam-like handling of monies is spreading, thanks in part to a report at the huge “Veterans Today” blogsite (http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/12/08/wounded-warriors-project-a-legal-scam/).

http://www.gunssavelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VT.jpg (http://www.gunssavelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VT.jpg) Wounded Warriors Project A Legal Scam by Alex Graham
(Veterans Today (http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/12/08/wounded-warriors-project-a-legal-scam/)) – As we are coming to find out, wounded Vets are big money. Considering I’m 146% disabled, I’m trying to figure out how to tap into this. The only thing I can see is to start my own 501(c)(3) and start cooking (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373#) the books with a big $300 K a year salary for my work. Member and eagled-eyed scrutinizer Bruce spotted this heartbreaking article. Just when we thought it was safe to come out of the woods after the last news of the Big Six VSOs padding their bank accounts (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373#) on the backs of all our disabled, along comes this article and investigation revealing nothing is sacred among thieves.
If you were thinking about donating to the Wounded Warrior Project, think twice. It would behoove you to get in your car and drive cross-country to deliver the funds to the charity (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373#) you hope to help. More money would end up in their hands than entrusting it to the WWP for disbursement. The Beatles song Tax Man comes to mind- Here’s one for you, nineteen for me. Here’s what I received. It’s ugly.
I’m really sad to read this about the Wounded Warrior Project. I have definitely been a supporter up to now. The attached 2011 990 tax return (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373#) is a real eye opener! For one, that’s a lot of BIG salaries they are paying at the first and apparently the second (outsourced) level for executive compensation (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373#)! Obviously it’s not only corporations that can get greedy.

Initially they refused to even appear (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=3434) on Tom Gresham’s GunTalk (http://www.guntalk.com/) radio show.
Then, after a backlash of angry gun owner backlash via social media and the web, Wounded Warriors reversed course and said they would appea (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=3456)r.
The appearance on the radio show was a complete and utter trainwreck and was ended earlier than planned after their well-paid executive director Steve “Money Money Money” Nardizzi said gun owner partnership was unwelcome. Here’s our report (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=3467) immediately after the radio interview, which was heard by tens, if not hundreds of thousands of gun owners.

Nardizzi, for being so well-paid, utterly fumbled.
He tried to spin his way out of the mess but only managed to spin himself in deeper, offering all sorts of weak excuses why WWP couldn’t partner with gun-related sponsors. He cited sponsorships with cyclists and how WWP had cut back on those sponsorships because of some sort of inferior return on investment.
Gresham pressed Nardizzi, saying that WWP had even changed language on their website from firearms to the more incendiary word “weapon”.
Nardizzi offered every excuse imaginable, but in the end Gresham pinned him down as saying that while gun owners are absolutely welcome to send money (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10373#) to WWP, they could not use the logo.
Gresham said that sounds an awful lot like WWP not wanting to associate with gun owners. “We’ll take your money, but we don’t want to be seen with you,” Gresham said, paraphrasing him.
Nardizzi tried to deny this, but it was a lost cause to anyone with half a lick of common sense and intelligence.
“We’ll take your money and you can do fundraisers for us, but we won’t let you use our logo!” Tom says, mocking Nardizzi’s attempts to spin the truth.
Looking back, I think it was truly God’s work that led us to this discovery, as according to their IRS filings, in 2011 it would seem as though they only gave a little over $5 million in grants on nearly $150 million in income.
Speaking of God, it’s not just gun people that Wounded Warriors Project doesn’t want to be seen with – it’s Christians too. That’s right. They don’t want affiliations with Christian-based groups either (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=5460).
Fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion? No problem (twice (http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=3434), in fact).
Fundraiser at a church? Can’t have that.
It’s up to you to whom you give your hard-earned charitable contributions.
Is Wounded Warrior Project worthy? That’s up to you.
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Origanalist
01-01-2015, 11:22 PM
Wow, that's pretty disgusting.

oyarde
01-01-2015, 11:27 PM
Well , if they really took in 150 million in 2011 and pd out 5 , that is indeed very bad .I do not know if that is correct though . One would think that would generate some bad press at least a couple yrs ago .

heavenlyboy34
01-01-2015, 11:32 PM
Well , if they really took in 150 million in 2011 and pd out 5 , that is indeed very bad .I do not know if that is correct though . One would think that would generate some bad press at least a couple yrs ago .

IDK, there are some very good scammers out there, uncle Oyarde.

Suzanimal
01-01-2015, 11:34 PM
Here's their breakdown according to Charity Navigator.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12842#.VKYtGCvF_T8

Personally, I'm not too keen on big charity groups. I prefer to give locally, that way I can see where the money is going.

amy31416
01-02-2015, 01:55 AM
Sad to say that many charities are scams. The Komen breast cancer foundation is another one.

When I could give, and when I can give again--I will always go local, like Suz does. It's sick to see people who are sick/wounded/hurting being used as cash cows.

thoughtomator
01-02-2015, 02:06 AM
In today's America, the safest course is to assume everything is a scam until you verify otherwise with your own eyes, and then only for the duration of said verification.

I'm personally amazed that anyone is so foolish as to give to "charities" at all, when it takes zero effort at all to find someone in actual need of charity in their own communities, or even in their own families.

NorthCarolinaLiberty
01-02-2015, 03:04 AM
Never help anybody.

Acala
01-02-2015, 08:40 AM
Loving your fellow human beings is a DIY project. You can't really delegate it. This is where the people who truly want to help through government "charity" fail. When you put a middleman between yourself and the people you want to help, the effort gets distorted and ultimately corrupted.

TruckinMike
01-02-2015, 08:41 AM
More corroboration....A good friend of mine organized a wounded warriors program in a major Colorado city. After years of funding drives he quit in disgust after finding out where the money was going.

JK/SEA
01-02-2015, 08:42 AM
Never help anybody.

i helped Ron Paul.

Origanalist
01-02-2015, 09:32 AM
Never help anybody.

I don't think I'll go that route.

Halo
01-02-2015, 10:03 AM
I'd rather donate some bullets to the war profiteers so that there wouldn't be any "wounded warriors".

acptulsa
01-02-2015, 10:21 AM
See, that's why we need government to do things like this, so we don't get scammed.

Only thing is, if the VA was doing its job, "charities" like this couldn't exist. So, so much for that theory. And the theory that if you take up arms for the powers that be, the powers that be will take care of you...

phill4paul
01-02-2015, 10:58 AM
Here's thier breakdown according to Charity Navigator.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12842#.VKYtGCvF_T8

Personally, I'm not too keen on big charity groups. I prefer to give locally, that way I can see where the money is going.

I give locally more so than anything myself. charitynavigator is an excellent "go to" site for national charities. That site was one of the reason I cancelled several charity donations. I still help out the Shriners Hospital and Samaritans Purse from time to time but mostly stay local.

jllundqu
01-02-2015, 11:07 AM
Go Shriners... SMIB

ctiger2
01-02-2015, 11:14 AM
According to Zippy, we shouldn't trust any info from VT. It's all disinfo and lies.

pcosmar
01-02-2015, 11:31 AM
According to Zippy, we shouldn't trust any info from VT. It's all disinfo and lies.

Well here is the same topic with another source.

http://philanthropy.com/article/Wounded-Warrior-CEO-Rips/147677/