This is a response I got supporting the Red Cross. There are two web sites to check out charities in general at the end. Pam
--- Kathy Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Kathy Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 12:05:24 -0700 > Subject: [goward] Red Cross, etc > > With all due respect to Pam, I would like to give a > vote of confidence > to the Red Cross. Those of you who know me, know > that my daily job is > helping my company be a good corporate citizen and > to encourage and > facilitate ways for our employees to give back to > the community. > > The Red Cross and Salvation Army are two of the most > important global > non-profits there are because of the scope of their > abilities to > mobilize in order to provide aid and relief to any > and ALL disasters. > They are the first ones there and the last ones out. > > If you remember earlier this year, they actually > publicly stated that > they had received enough contributions for the > tsunami relief effort and > though they clearly would take contributions to > their general disaster > relief fund (who knows what, where and when the next > disaster will be), > they would no longer take contributions earmarked > for tsunami relief. > > I know there was some controversy surrounding 9/11 > and the use of funds > being donated for the terrorist attacks, but I > believe that in general > they are honorable and have changed their procedures > to ensure properly > handling of all contributions specifically > earmarked. > > I would like to also point out that all non-profits > have to have highly > qualified staff to run them and obviously they must > pay their full time > staff a salary. When you give to ANY non profit it > is perfectly okay to > let them decide where best to apply your funds which > might mean > "administrative" costs. Without qualified > employees, not for profit > organizations would not be in business. Without > paying competitive > salaries, no one would work for them. > > Lastly, there is a website where you can look up any > non-profit > organization and get statistics on their use of > donated funds > (percentage to overhead, etc) as well as confirm > they are a bonafide > 501(c)(3) government certified non profit. It's > called Charity > Navigator http://www.charitynavigator.org/ > > Thanks, > Kathy > > -- Kathy Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: RE: [goward] Red Cross, etc > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:26:43 -0700 > From: "Kathy Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pam Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I asked permission to forward the above message. > Hi Pam, > > Sure... in fact you might also want to add a link to > Network for Good > which lists a myriad of organizations providing > support to the gulf > coast -- it's the website I sent out to our > employees who wanted to > help: > http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal%5Fenviron/hurricanes/ > > > -Kathy
