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Can Someone Tell Me About the Wounded Warrior Project?
Vanity | December 25, 2018 | Jim Noble

Posted on 12/25/2018 7:48:34 AM PST by Jim Noble

I have the opportunity to make some donations this year that I wouldn't normally be able to do.

I'm interested in the Wounded Warrior Project but I have read conflicting information about it.

Asking for any input about this charity from those who know.


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KEYWORDS: charities; charity; donations; dontdoit; itscrap; scam; veterans; woundedwarriors
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To: Jim Noble

My wife and I do a lot of work with the USO. No organization we know of does a better job of getting money to where it is needed helping both active and retired military personnel. Most people think the USO is about troop entertainment, but that is a tiny percentage of what they do. USO stands for United Service Organization and they receive almost no government funding and are staffed mostly by volunteers. The head of the USO Northwest where we live gets a very small supplemental salary to supplement his military retirement.


61 posted on 12/25/2018 1:34:38 PM PST by fireman15
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To: americas.best.days...

Gary’s work is authentic. He does a ton of stuff for vets. Dave Roever works with him a bunch, too.

If I had money to donate, Gary would get it because of all he does, and I KNOW hes authentic.


62 posted on 12/25/2018 1:43:33 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: kiltie65

DAD said the same about R. R. and we had issues with then when we had Emergencies while he was in the Navy over 20 yrs time.

We do St. Jude’s Children’s Cancer.It is growing and uses the money for the kids and research.


63 posted on 12/25/2018 2:33:04 PM PST by GailA (Wife of RET. SCPO, GET OVER IT, DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT!)
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To: antidemoncrat

Fisher House is the most transparent. I wouldn’t trust WWP as far as I could throw Trace Atkins.


64 posted on 12/25/2018 2:36:52 PM PST by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness”)
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To: Jim Noble

https://warhorsesforveterans.com. try these guys. My buddy was given an all expenses reunion with the chopper pilot he pulled out of their Huey after getting shot down in Nam last year.


65 posted on 12/25/2018 5:01:36 PM PST by Jumper
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To: Jim Noble

How is the Gary Sinise Foundation?


66 posted on 12/25/2018 5:02:58 PM PST by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER)
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To: Jim Noble

Whoops, nevermind.. I see. :)


67 posted on 12/25/2018 5:07:28 PM PST by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER)
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To: Hartlyboy

I didn’t like it when they pulled that crap either, but I figure that was the political wannabees that think their sh!t don’t stink.
I still give to my local Salvation Army and I am pretty sure all the donations (money and goods) are used for the local needy.


68 posted on 12/25/2018 5:55:29 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Jim Noble

Due to their radical anti-firearms stance, as revealed on GunTalk Radio, I would not give WWP one thin dime. Try Honored American Vets Afield (HAVA) or other veterans charity instead.


69 posted on 12/25/2018 8:48:52 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: Jim Noble

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=charity+rater&t=osx&ia=web


70 posted on 12/25/2018 9:30:32 PM PST by Albion Wilde ( "It's a disgrace what's happening in our country; other than that, a very merry Christmas!"--DJT)
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To: redcatcherb412

Amen! Brother.

rwood


71 posted on 12/26/2018 6:17:58 AM PST by Redwood71
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To: shelterguy

>>I rarely trust any charity as it seems most of the money goes to pay big salaries to those at the top.<<

Before I retired from Federal service in 2010, the Combined Federal Campaign issued a pamphlet each year identifying all institutions and agencies eligible for donations and the percentage of funds received that was being used to cover administrative expenses. The WWP was at that time using an unusually high percentage of income for administration. That said, I believe the WWP provides and excellent service to our military.


72 posted on 12/26/2018 6:57:08 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat ("What goes unsaid eventually goes unthought." VDARE)
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To: Maskot

I know one thing about them they spend a hellvualot of money on commercials.


73 posted on 12/27/2018 10:23:42 AM PST by Gasshog
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To: Jim Noble

I’m sure this has been said already, but please consider smaller charities that donate directly to vets. Personally I like charities aimed at providing service dogs to vets or that retrain military dogs to be service dogs.


74 posted on 12/27/2018 10:28:13 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Lizavetta

I question the % of dollars that get to the wounded? I recall some years back that the staff was taking a lot of cash. I am not current now on this.


75 posted on 12/27/2018 3:59:02 PM PST by Lumper20 (DC is AFGE Union Punks,Our Congress Critters have AFGE INS plus FERS.)
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To: redcatcherb412
Vets seeking mental health care for PTSD can see private shrinks and have the VA pay for it. I know, I have seen several myself and have not been with the VA for many years. I have also done disability evaluations for vets as a private practitioner, paid for by the VA through third party contractors.

The shortage, if there is one, is the lack of qualified practitioners willing to take on the responsibility of working with traumatized combat veterans. Much easier to hold hands with young snowflakes, which is what counselors mostly specialize in today, than to guide a vet through the process of healing from the effects of unimaginable stressors.

76 posted on 01/02/2019 5:02:12 PM PST by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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To: Jim Noble
Charity Navigator rating, Wounded Warrior Foundation = 86%


Wounded Warriors is not completely up to snuff. I personally recommend:

Gary Sinise Foundation - 100% rating

VIDEO: Gary Sinise Foundation Impact

77 posted on 03/16/2019 12:31:39 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Our rights are not given to us by man. Our rights come from our Creator." --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde; All

I got lots of good info here and wound up donating to Gary Sinese.

Thanks, all.


78 posted on 03/16/2019 12:44:11 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: Jim Noble

Good to hear, Jim Noble. I must have hit a keyword button by mistake to have gotten on the thread today, but glad to read so much consensus on FR. It can be a rare commodity!


79 posted on 03/16/2019 12:50:54 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Our rights are not given to us by man. Our rights come from our Creator." --Donald J. Trump)
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To: carriage_hill

Amen to Fisher House... Guy put up his own money at the start to provide housing and support for families of severely wounded vets at Walter Reed Hospital during their prolonged treatments. Makes a huge difference in outcomes to have family almost on site. Those men and women suffered the most.

Last time I checked, they had the lowest overhead of any of the service member assistance programs. Donating since 2004.


80 posted on 03/16/2019 12:52:18 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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