A few years ago I did what amounted to an audit for a Canadian charity that sent money to the elderly poor in several parts of the world. I was tasked to see if the money actually got to where it was supposed to go in Jamaica. The Canadian organization that ran the charity was honest and thorough in gathering funds from donors. The organization that it worked with in Jamaica was also thorough and honest, but it had many things to do so it relied on local organizations to make sure the money got to the people who were supposed to get it. That is where problems occurred. For example: money was still going to someone who had died a year before; grandkids were waiting to grab the money as soon as it arrived; a well off pastor's wife had maneuvered herself into getting money; etc., etc. In general, however, the charity was worthwhile and kept a lot of elderly people from begging or starving.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Cordell To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION' ; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: 'Keith Hudson' Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] charities run by professionals I meant it only as I see story after story on TV about someone recovering from a fire, or a child that needs an operation, etc. It seems that as if by magic a charity is formed to help the people. I wonder if the instant charities are run by professionals who take something off the top and funnel some to the needed recipients. Arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Harrell Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:26 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: 'Keith Hudson' Subject: Re: [Futurework] charities run by professionals Actually, if you were Beethoven today, you would have to have at least $15,000 up front before they would even consider you trying to fund the concert for the premiere of the 9th symphony. After that they take a cut. I resent the comment about a story. In print it seemed snide. Did you mean it that way? REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:20 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: 'Keith Hudson' Subject: Re: [Futurework] charities run by professionals So a professional fundraiser can approach anyone who has a good story and put out the call for $ to help that person in his/her time of need. Taking x% off the top. Something seems amiss. Or perhaps not. Maybe everyone in this new world is a derivative of sorts and has value which can be exploited for something by someone. Arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Harrell Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:48 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; 'Keith Hudson' Cc: 'Keith Hudson' Subject: Re: [Futurework] charities run by professionals Welcome to my world. But what else is there under this system? Creative begging? REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:05 PM To: 'Keith Hudson'; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, , EDUCATION' Cc: 'Keith Hudson' Subject: [Futurework] charities run by professionals The charitable industry complex. Pennies for Charity aggregates information from fundraising reports filed with the Attorney General's Charities Bureau for telemarketing campaigns conducted in 2011. Some of the significant findings regarding the 602 fundraising campaigns covered in the Attorney General's report include: a.. In 467 of the 602 campaigns, the charities kept less than 50 percent of the funds raised. b.. In 207 of the 602 campaigns, the charities retained less than 30 percent of the funds raised. c.. In 76 of the 602 campaigns, charities actually lost money. d.. In only 49 of the 602 campaigns did the charity retain at least 65 percent of the money raised, the amount deemed acceptable under the Better Business Bureau's standards for charitable organizations. http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/12/the_charitable.php http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20121226-2.html From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 12:15 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, , EDUCATION; Arthur Cordell Cc: Keith Hudson Subject: Re: [Futurework] Nobel Prize -- was Re: [Ottawadissenters] Hey, you gotta watch dem machines... At 02:52 02/01/2013, AC wrote: (AC) I agree. I often wonder how many of the charity drives featuring starving children are cons of some sort or outright theft or where the majority of the "take" goes for "administrative" costs. There is theft and stealing. (KH) I'm wary of charities which tout for money to save donkeys, or pandas or some other "cuddley" type of animal. (On the other hand, I know a donkey charity near here which saves badly-treated donkeys and they do a wonderful job.) However, I've noticed over the years that many adverts of these "cuddley" charities seem to appear only once. I have the impression, therefore, that the Charities Commission in the UK quietly investigate those which are indeed contricks and make sure the police prosecute them. On the other hand (I sound like Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof"!), adverts for children's charities don't seem to last long in the UK press unless they are genuine. We have two big, and altogether splendid childrens' charities in the UK, Barnado's, and the RSPCC (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), but we also have a few very large charities which never seek money but are able to function out of enormous invested funds, Amelia Peabody, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and there are also many scores of smaller ones in smaller cities which never advertise but were established in prosperous Victorian times. (One is usually totally unaware of these until one has lived in a city for long enough. In my home town of Coventry, where I lived for 47 years, I got to know of three well-invested children's charities, and in Bath, where I lived for over 20 years, I got to know of two. (The equivalent American ones, established by highly successful family businesses of the 1910s, 20s, 30s tend to devote their funds to medical objects rather than specifically children (needs were different). snip, snip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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