Ray Reed Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 8 hours ago, goldfishwars said: Wounded warrior project giving 25c on the dollar is appalling. And they still somehow got 3 stars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/273516574 990 here: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/273516574/02_2021_prefixes_26-27%2F273516574_202006_990_2021021917731563 Overall efficiency is 94%. I don't have the data from it's hay-day post Hurricane Harvey but Watt was outspoken about how financial efficiency was critical to him. I have very little doubt that the numbers would be similar (perhaps slightly lower given the legitimate need for overhead given that he was having to manage $40MM worth of resources overnight in a disaster recovery situation, but that's understandable). I misunderstood intent of your original post. I thought you were saying Watt also was inefficient. Good on him. Good deeds or works often go unnoticed. That’s fine. You shouldn’t do them with that motivation anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Just now, dll2000 said: I misunderstood intent of your original post. I thought you were saying Watt also was inefficient. Good on him. Good deeds or works often go unnoticed. That’s fine. You shouldn’t do them with that motivation anyway. Oh sorry, the intent of the original post was to say that the people decrying the entire industry here are cherry picking, and there won't be anything but praise in the threads on the JJ Watt Foundation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NudeTayne Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Dome said: Holy **** even Drew Brees got a 69% Imagine being more of a grifter than Brees 👀 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/273516574 990 here: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/273516574/02_2021_prefixes_26-27%2F273516574_202006_990_2021021917731563 Overall efficiency is 94%. I don't have the data from it's hay-day post Hurricane Harvey but Watt was outspoken about how financial efficiency was critical to him. I have very little doubt that the numbers would be similar (perhaps slightly lower given the legitimate need for overhead given that he was having to manage $40MM worth of resources overnight in a disaster recovery situation, but that's understandable). Watching Watt during that time was awe inspiring. He'd switch from athlete to CEO to carpenter to home builder to soup server - he was absolutely everything a city in the midst of a disaster, he was a real life Captain America every single day. No joke, he legit saved lives. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ramster Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Goodwill is the best charity I’ve ever donated too. They actually use that money and spend it well. F these rich people man. They use it as tax write offs. Common practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, El Ramster said: Goodwill is the best charity I’ve ever donated too. They actually use that money and spend it well. F these rich people man. They use it as tax write offs. Common practice. I like Goodwill, but they have some super high earners in their CEO/executive realms in their own right. The Salvation Army higher ups are generally a bit "better" on that end in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 11 hours ago, goldfishwars said: It’s too easy to say all charitable foundations work this way, they don’t. Dak Prescott’s foundations gives 93c for every dollar. Wilson’s is about the worst example you can find. Exactly. Anyone using something like this to say "this is why I don't donate to charity" is full of it. It's not that hard to find good charities that need help. You just don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammymvpknight Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Ray Reed said: Wounded warrior project giving 25c on the dollar is appalling. And they still somehow got 3 stars You can kind of justify it better if a decent percentage of their employees are veterans. Their CEO makes $385,000, which is next to nothing for a company CEO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjon1990 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 "Let's ride!" I knew something about it sounded off.... And it just hit me: That's a phrase I heard on old westerns uttered over and over by train robbers in the Wild West. Slick, Russ, slick indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjon1990 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, sammymvpknight said: You can kind of justify it better if a decent percentage of their employees are veterans. Their CEO makes $385,000, which is next to nothing for a company CEO It is, but for what they actually do (in my experience working with them, can't speak for everyone) it's a giant scam someone is getting paid $385,000 for. Again, could have just been a bad group I've dealt with, but I was often left thinking "What, exactly, are you achieving that the VA, USO, and some of the other organizations out there aren't? I see a ton of cross-contamination, but very little actual work product coming from you aside from capitalizing on a name and a rally around the flag approach." Local VFW's (again, my experience only) do heck of a lot better job at what WW claims to do, and they're not paying people really anything more than a free hot dog and a koozie. Edited February 10, 2023 by ronjon1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Russell must be setting up a comeback story because he's so so unlikeable currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammymvpknight Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 34 minutes ago, ronjon1990 said: It is, but for what they actually do (in my experience working with them, can't speak for everyone) it's a giant scam someone is getting paid $385,000 for. Again, could have just been a bad group I've dealt with, but I was often left thinking "What, exactly, are you achieving that the VA, USO, and some of the other organizations out there aren't? I see a ton of cross-contamination, but very little actual work product coming from you aside from capitalizing on a name and a rally around the flag approach." Local VFW's (again, my experience only) do heck of a lot better job at what WW claims to do, and they're not paying people really anything more than a free hot dog and a koozie. Lol, touché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 5 hours ago, ET80 said: Watching Watt during that time was awe inspiring. He'd switch from athlete to CEO to carpenter to home builder to soup server - he was absolutely everything a city in the midst of a disaster, he was a real life Captain America every single day. No joke, he legit saved lives. From yesterday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, Thomas5737 said: Well just the obvious, with Hue Jackson's initials being HJ and the logo showing,,,well you know. Pretty sure whoever designed the logo did it as a joke and when it was accepted they just thought; lets see what happens. You could say that the artist did quite the job. Edited February 11, 2023 by Xenos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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