From: Pandora.Nigh@p0.f554.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Pandora Nigh)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Jerry's Orphans Needs You!
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:45:35 GMT
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Index Number: 22431

 -=> Quoting Gary Warren to Robert Bowes V <=-
    Hi Gary I must differ with you on the broad generalized statement you made.

 Finally and MOST importantly, it is now established
 GW> that ANY charity, no matter how holy or sincere the motives, only
 GW> devotes 35-45 percent of its gross contributions to its stated aims.
 GW> The rest goes right toward overhead and administrative costs.

While this is true about a lot of agencies it is not true of all. I
am on the board of directors for the Portage County Easter Seals
Society and I see the total income and expenditures of that agency
monthly and in a yearly breakdown.  Last year we raised $232,900.
$68,562 for salaries of which $9,000 went to contract employees.
Contract employees were the speech and audiologists and PT.  We pay
them for the clinic they run for us and for there direct client
services.  So basically I would not consider that as agency staff
money, but direct service to client. We spent approxamately another
$40,270 most of wich went for the mortgage and insurance on the
building. The building is a one storey simple building. When they
built their building they decided to put the bulk of it into a
hall. The hall has a bar and a kitchen. In the back of the building
is storage area so we can run a durable medical loan and assist
program and the acutual staff area is a small area without seperate
offices.

The rental of the hall and the bingo games that we sponser there
generated $141,632. So I don't feel that they have over spent to
purchase a building and in a few years the mortgage will be paid
off and then more will go to client services. Another $3000 went
for dues to National Easter Seal and Ohio State Easter Seals. So
our expenditure for the agency was $102,832 which is roughly 44%.
Almost an exact reversal of your statement. So Please be carefull
when making such broad accusations

... Dianne Piastro, a disabled (from MS, I think)
GW> syndicated journalist, and her stonewalled efforts to get from the
GW> national MDA office administrative salary figures, in spite of the
GW> fact that non-profit groups MUST make available assets and liabilities
GW> as part of the public record.  So far, as far as I know (::ahem::),
GW> she hasn't yet succeeeded. glw, ye olde editor and publisher
GW> disABILITY NEWS-letter

If she really wants to know all she has to do is contact IRS and
ask to see the forms 990-PF that they have filed for what ever year
she wants. These are the forms that are public record and IRS will
give you copies but you will have to pay a fee for them.

I too know of agencies that really stick it to the clients and
donars, in fact I turned down a token (and I do mean token)
position to be on the board of a local Independent Living Center.
They had to have so many disAbled people on board to be in
compliance with their charter. This agency had been in existance
for 5 years and didn't even have an accessable office. They
received all kinds of money from grants and United Way. What they
did with the money I have no idea because I was never able to find
any service that they were providing. And of course being on their
board would have done me no good because I couldn't attend board
meeting at there offices.

                                                   Pandora

... ARRRRRGGGHHH!!!! ... Tension breaker, had to be done.

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