Russell Wilson is a deranged douche bag

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by Razaele

Not the percentages strictly speaking, but that many big corporate charities rake a lot of money off the top and pay high salaries. A few years ago IIRC it was shown that the United Way was taking almost 20% off the top.

Give locally and directly to causes you care about, not through these filtering operations.

The reality is that for a lot of charities these are major organizations. And major organizations need major figures at the top to run them and that demands competitive pay.

And yes, 20% off the top would be something like a standard. The fact that Russell Wilson's charity is like 70% off the top is just ridiculous beyond belief.

charitynavigator.com is a good resource if you're giving to a well-established charity and want details on their activities.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Red Dawg

I never give to charity or foundations or any that shit. You have zero idea what really happens with the money. How many millions has been donated to find a cure for cancer? They are not looking for one and if they haven't found one in the last 50 years then they will never find one. The medical/pharma industry rakes in billions and employes millions. They don't want cures.

I can't speak to corporate charities. I'm 100% sure Twisted is more educated than me on that.

My recommendation for charity is to buy local.

In college my fraternity did a fundraiser for a local battered women's shelter. We didn't raise a ton of money, I wanna say it was in the neighborhood of $4,000. So we did a dinner where we invited some faculty for some good PR. The gal from the shelter came and legit started crying about how much the money means to the shelter.

15 years ago, and it obviously makes an impact on my dumb ass.

Typically if you're worried about it, on a local one you can poke around and figure out what they're doing.

If you're feeling the need, I'd definitely recommend to shop local on charities.

[jjjayb]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

No, this is genuinely very, very bad. And this isn't like paying hundreds of grassroots people as fundraisers. Russel Wilson's name and image should do the bulk of that and these are essentially his cronies that he's paying with charitable fund money.

All of these athletes have "charities" and "foundations". It's nothing more than a way for them to avoid taxes.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

All of these athletes have "charities" and "foundations". It's nothing more than a way for them to avoid taxes.

Avoiding taxes how? And why?

Walk me through the grand plan of these atheletes and their foundations.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

No, this is genuinely very, very bad. And this isn't like paying hundreds of grassroots people as fundraisers. Russel Wilson's name and image should do the bulk of that and these are essentially his cronies that he's paying with charitable fund money.

If true can the NFL strip him of his man of the year award?

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

No, this is genuinely very, very bad. And this isn't like paying hundreds of grassroots people as fundraisers. Russel Wilson's name and image should do the bulk of that and these are essentially his cronies that he's paying with charitable fund money.

Yeah, just perusing the top sports stories of the week, Wilson's fundraiser story has been picked up by SI, ESPN, CBSSports, FoxSports, Seattle Times, and the Denver Post, just in the last couple three days.

It could still go away by next week, but it could also turn into a national story, could go either way. Russ definitely has a problem here.

[Rainbarrel]

Maybe Penner has taken a page out of Bowl cut's dismissal of Gruden & had Russell smeared with scandal. Those wiley Wally copycats!