Floyd wrote:
I, like many other UHH members, have supported St. Jude for years. About 2 weeks ago I read where St. Jude had a very intensive review by one of the agencies that check how the non-profit companies spend money donated by folks like us (I haven't had time to find it again, but I intent to do so). This agency gave St. Jude a very low mark citing the fact that a majority of their funds for treating patients come from research grants, the patient's personal insurance, and Medicaid. Barely 10% of the money streaming in from private donations (our money) goes for treatment; the other 90% of our donations go to fund St. Jude's marketing efforts. St. Jude immediately denied this, but the rating agency, citing nothing but the records St. Jude provided, refused to change their decision.
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I did read about one that spent 80-90% on marketing that made sense.
No marketing, they took in X dollars.
After paying for marketing, they had 10X left over.
It seems all the media and ad agencies should give charities a break on price. Maybe in return for tax credit?