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Having been executive director for a non-profit I founded and ran for three years which had incredible media reach and trended on twitter at least once I can sa
by ryanmarsh 8y ago
Having been executive director for a non-profit I founded and ran for three years which had incredible media reach and trended on twitter at least once I can say:
You should treat ALL charities as if they are a scam until proven otherwise. Running a charity and talking to other directors about the rampant fraud perpetrated by and even against some household names is so pervasive you wouldn't believe it. Your next question might be, why isn't it investigated or prosecuted? Simple, optics. Nobody wants the name of their foundation sullied because someone ran a celebrity golf tournament that raised millions but never sent the check.
- payitforward 8y agoIt's getting harder to spot too. My older relative has trouble seeing the difference between the "American Firefighters Society" and the "Society of American Firefighters" (made these names up), but a bunch of them are scams just piggybacking on well-known names.
- paulryanrogers 8y agoReligious organizations seem to get the biggest pass around here (Midwest US). Yet these same people (myself previously included) are so skeptical of all the _other_ religious organizations/systems they're nota part of.