Where does the money go ?????

[mark270wsm]

fundraising was 1,307,000
fundraising cost was 1,298,000

does it cost that much to raise so little ???

[Hunter John]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Please elaborate .

[sawbill]

Echo Hotel?

[mark270wsm]

this was in this years financial report of the ofah

[trimmer21]

fundraising was 1,307,000
fundraising cost was 1,298,000

does it cost that much to raise so little ???

It depends on how many fingers are in the till. Which fund raiser are you referring to?

[johnjyb]

War Amps states a maximum of 10% of monies raised for them is used for administration costs. That is a good ratio, unlike some other big fundraisers, for example Heart and Stroke or the Cancer Society, although they do good work with the money left over after CEOs and other admin get their cut. Some charities even hire outside contractors to do their fundraising so even more money doesn't make it to the destination you thought it was going to.
When in doubt, investigate, or better yet stay local with things like foodbank donations.
John

[line052]

We fundraise for CHEO in Ottawa...but CEO makes 2Mil+ a year...WTF, no more. United Way is a joke, Save the Children, Christian Children Fund joke. Admin costs gobble up the money. If you want facts, just google charitable facts for Canada. We support a local church (Barrhaven United) at Christmas, 4 families get together and do a total Christmas for up to 3-4 families (food and presents). The local pastor gives us the requirements; we buy and give back to pastor who distributes to the families. The second thing we do is donate all clothing, toys and whatever the needs are for our local woman’s shelter. These acts have 100% of our donations go to the affected people..period. Help local and build up your community first, they are the people you will make the biggest impacts in return on investments.

[werner.reiche]

Fundraising is an industry where the people that organise the fundraisers are the only ones making money off it.
CRA makes the information available and its up to the donor to make sure his money isn't paying a fundraisers salary, not going where you thought it should. As mentioned above, united way is particularly bad.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/...ng.html#N105AF

You can look up registered Canadian charities here:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/s...rch-eng.action

OFAH numbers for 2014 - not particularly good.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/s...LERSANDHUNTERS

[patvetzal]

They get their lessons from government fundraising....

[Fox]

I noticed this sort of crap when I went to Haiti for work.

If you want to help a homeless guy get food then go grab a meal and hand it to that homeless guy, if you have to pass it off to 50 people along the way he may get a bite, maybe not.