You sure don't want to talk about that Bush article, do you, lol. Just to attack me personally, and, to do that, you are willing to besmirch the reputation of a site that gives food to the hungry.
<<LOL! Whatever. Why can't they make Non-Profit status?>>
"Whatever" is not a reply.
<<< Does your husband or family own an interest?>>>
is another baseless and disreputable personal attack.
Greatergood is not non-profit, it is a business. It is not contemptible for a the private sector to facilitate charitable giving and is not deserving of contempt or ridicule.
"Non-profit status" is a status sought for tax advantage reasons. The Hunger Site is one of a number of charitable sites facilitated by the private sector (Greatergood is only one among many American businesses that do this). Greatergood provides a link to click. It gets corporations from the private sector to agree to contribute to the Hunger Site, which distributes the money to MercyCorps and America's Second Harvest. Greatergood receives not more than 25% of the corporate donations to offset development and maintenance costs of the site. (Monthly server costs alone are over 23,000.) Since the hosting fees, which equate to every charity's overhead costs (except they're much lower than average), are figured into the donation totals each month, 100% of what you donate with your click goes to the Hunger Site beneficiaries.
It's fine to donate to the Red Cross. I've done it myself, and have my favorite charities to which I write out checks.
The Hungersite, however, doesn't require me to write a check, but merely to click on a link. When I click, and I click every day, I know that a hungry person gets a meal.
Also, when I write a check to the American or International Red Cross, I know that it has administrative costs. Do you know what the administrative costs of the Red Cross are?
If you are deeply concerned by administrative costs, you may be interested to know two things:
1. Administrative costs having already been figured in to the Hunger Site donations, 100% of the corporate donation elicited by your click goes to the hungry.
2. The Salvation Army is one of the charitable organizations in which the lowest percentage of what is given goes to administrative costs, so you can feel comfortable dropping a few dollars into the Salvation Army boxes. |
