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HaHa...can't wait for these answers.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If we are talking cash . . . about $800 to $1000 a year. However, I do ( do ) volunteer work at approx 10 hours per month.
J
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10-20%
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i give 10% to the veterans of the iron game foundation.
it's for bodybuilders who has been deadlifting, squatting and bench pressed durin their active career. they now need all the help they can get.
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I donate some money but volunteer more of my time.
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1300 a year to the ncse and we volunteer at a big dog rescue twice a month
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Actually - how much of your money goes to charitable purposes would be a better question. I like to give to rescue groups started by individuals who you obviously see are also using their own money and tons of their time.
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I only give to charities for kids.No set number I just will give 5-20.00 at certain kids charities.I don't give a lot as I don't really know if it's going to the kids.
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These answers surprise me BUT...BUT...do you consciously give OR...OR is the money deducted from your cheque every week? I'm finding it rather surprising that people that are so insultive and judgmental actually give.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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These answers surprise me BUT...BUT...do you consciously give OR...OR is the money deducted from your cheque every week? I'm finding it rather surprising that people that are so insultive and judgmental actually give.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I receive something in the mail from St. Jude Children's Hospital. I put a check in the return envelope. I believe it's every month or something.
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I give to the local animal rescue league, money, food, supplies, etc.
Gave a truck last week to Kars-4 Kids (2002 Ford F150, with only 90K on it, but starting to rust lately from sitting/non-use).
I donate monthly to my UGL, and in return he sends me test and deca :)
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My wife and I make a regular, monthly donation to
a couple different charities:
1. https://thewaterproject.org/digging-wells-in-africa-and-india-how-it-works
Major parts the world don't have basic water to drink, wash, grow crops, etc
I'm not for just throwing money at 3rd world countries. But c'mon it's tough to function without water.
2. https://20x20x20.org/donate/
This group provides actual surgical operations to restore sight.
A lot of them have cateracts, which only requires a 15 min surgical procedure.
Without sight , it's tough to be a fully functional, working person.
We also adopt our dogs ( 2 now) from a shelter or pet rescue organization.
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My nest door neighbor took part in the Christmas Angel Tree (pick an angel off a tree and buy the kid gifts requested from the Angel. ) this is for families in need.
So my neighbor meets he family at a wal-mart parking lot to hand off the gifts and the family pulls up in an Escalade, has an I-Phone, and a nice watch on.
Guess the race
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I only give to charities for kids.No set number I just will give 5-20.00 at certain kids charities.I don't give a lot as I don't really know if it's going to the kids.
Yup, you've got to check them out.
For example, a lot of the clothing donation bins are a scam.
They use some generic name on the bin to get clothes .
They just sell it at flea markets, yard sales, etc.
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I pay plenty of taxes.. so nothing other than buying a gift and donating it to the Salvation Army.
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I give a monthly donation through here: https://chivecharities.org/ I know the money goes directly to people who need it.
Raise some $$ for the vets through some events, and do one off donations to others who are doing events, and some occasional donations to stuff I see on The Chive / facebook.
In all, probably don't give enough.
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I only give to charities for kids.No set number I just will give 5-20.00 at certain kids charities.I don't give a lot as I don't really know if it's going to the kids.
See my post above about chive charities - that solves your issue (which is a legit issue).
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These answers surprise me BUT...BUT...do you consciously give OR...OR is the money deducted from your cheque every week? I'm finding it rather surprising that people that are so insultive and judgmental actually give.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
people consciously pay anything? i don't think i have a single payable that's not on an autopay
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I donate blood, considering to donate plasma as well.
Refuse to give money out of principle, but sometimes give to the cancer foundation.
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Guessing $600 a year. St. Jude, PVA, and various animal rescue type charities are examples of the type I give to. I also occasionally give to street beggar depending on how bad off they appear to be, but it's rare. I also donate a similar amount in clothing, books, etc.... to Goodwill.
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In my single days it was 2 or 3 loads a year. We are talking about fat chicks right???
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10.8 million to soldier murdering jihadi's.
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nothing, charities are a profit for shareholders company, they pay CEOs huge salaries to make them profitable.
Lots of charities are set up as tax havens, no tax paid on charitable donations
Many charities lost money during the financial crash due to having millions of pounds stored offshore in tax free accounts.
just take a look at cancer research main headquarters.
I give money to homeless people if I feel like it
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who cares if the ceo got a huge salerie if it results in more money in the end for cause.
sounds like a typical excuse not to give.
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In my single days it was 2 or 3 loads a year. We are talking about fat chicks right???
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600 dollars per year to a goddaughter and the whole camp/crew in bolivia.
and some money to dog shelters when i did make "a good month".
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who cares if the ceo got a huge salerie if it results in more money in the end for cause.
sounds like a typical excuse not to give.
go and do some research and see how much of your donation reaches the end user, you might be surprised.
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600 dollars per year to a goddaughter and the whole camp/crew in bolivia.
and some money to dog shelters when i did make "a good month".
Really? It seems that Getbiggers (as a whole) are fixated on dogs. Doesn't that leave an opening of sorts?
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Really? It seems that Getbiggers (as a whole) are fixated on dogs. Doesn't that leave an opening of sorts?
Dog shelters are most likely making BANK because of al the donations by meatheads.
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Really? It seems that Getbiggers (as a whole) are fixated on dogs. Doesn't that leave an opening of sorts?
a dog was, is and will always be my best friend ;)
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sounds like a typical excuse not to give.
That's exactly what it is. It's easy enough to find charities with a low overhead, to pretend otherwise is disingenuous.
As for the OP, I donate a little more than $1000/year. A goal is to get that up to 10% of my income. Hopefully within 10 years
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That's exactly what it is. It's easy enough to find charities with a low overhead, to pretend otherwise is disingenuous.
As for the OP, I donate a little more than $1000/year. A goal is to get that up to 10% of my income. Hopefully within 10 years
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.....
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a dog was, is and will always be my best friend ;)
Why no love for cats on this website? I grew up with loyal cats, who would sleep between my legs, every night. Had a Persian cat (named Precious) who gave birth to seven kittens in my mother's closet. The fattest one we named: Big Boss Man. But we still made sure that the runt of the litter got his share.
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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.....
Yeah walked into that one :P
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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.....
Then do everyone a favor, and admit that you are either mental, or a homosexual. I'm sure your "partner" would like to know the truth.
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I save my monthly cans and bottles for Fallsviews moms so it`s roughly about $1.85 per month.
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600 dollars per year to a goddaughter and the whole camp/crew in bolivia.
Care to elaborate and explain what that means . I'm clueless on what "camp/crew" means. 100% serious. Thanks.
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Dog shelters are most likely making BANK because of al the donations by meatheads.
Animal shelter donations are nothing in comparison to cancer "find a cure" donations. A cure for cancer will NEVER be found, it makes too much money. SCAM!
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I donate blood several times per year, really for my own benefit. I donate all my used clothes and household goods to my housekeeper. I sometimes give a few dollars to the homeless, mostly women. I'm doing my share..
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In the past 5 years, between clothes, toys, money and volunteering... close to 10k.
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Sperm to fitness chicks.
Seriously, blood a few times a year. Maybe 3000$ a year to temple, 10k a year to temple if you work for the IRS. Then like shit here and there.
No enough :-\
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Nothing. Not because the head of the charity keeps the money and not because I don't see a worthwhile cause. I'm just really selfish.
But I probably wouldn't hijack a food shipment intended for starving people and sell it for pennies on the dollar to a company that would process it into HFCS with full knowledge that it would increase diabetes, and then blow the money on some non-essential trinket, and then send the starving people a photograph of me holding the trinket next to a fat diabetic. I might but I probably wouldn't.
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Then do everyone a favor, and admit that you are either mental, or a homosexual. I'm sure your "partner" would like to know the truth.
you and bethere at dinner
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I typically donate to the Human Fund.
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My guess is the average of GetBigger donations, excluding Mormons, is less than 1% of income a year, if that.
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I used to give a percentage of my paycheck (bi-weekly) to the United Way for years. To be honest, I am ashamed to say that I cannot remember if I still do or not. 90% of the time I donate something, every time a cashier asks for it. Not to mention the girl scout cookies, and basketball/baseball camps I have contributed to.
As far as homeless people go...... I have seen the same guy, begging in the same spot, for months now. I refuse to help him.
If you stand in the same spot, every single day, then you do not want to improve your situation. That line isn't just for homeless people.
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10-20%
I didn't think include volunteer time. I donated my coaching salary back into our football program and do not take a salary for the 25+ hrs per week. We also hold free speed development clinics for inner city (mostly LB, Compton) 3x per year
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Guessing $600 a year. St. Jude, PVA, and various animal rescue type charities are examples of the type I give to. I also occasionally give to street beggar depending on how bad off they appear to be, but it's rare. I also donate a similar amount in clothing, books, etc.... to Goodwill.
THis. Plus I don't my time when I can for good causes.
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I didn't think include volunteer time. I donated my coaching salary back into our football program and do not take a salary for the 25+ hrs per week. We also hold free speed development clinics for inner city (mostly LB, Compton) 3x per year
Being around teenage boys?.......Priceless.
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I used to give a percentage of my paycheck (bi-weekly) to the United Way for years. To be honest, I am ashamed to say that I cannot remember if I still do or not. 90% of the time I donate something, every time a cashier asks for it. Not to mention the girl scout cookies, and basketball/baseball camps I have contributed to.
As far as homeless people go...... I have seen the same guy, begging in the same spot, for months now. I refuse to help him.
If you stand in the same spot, every single day, then you do not want to improve your situation. That line isn't just for homeless people.
Have you ever had a girlfriend Shizzo?
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i try to volunteer 2 hour per week - its built into my weekday routine
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Have you ever had a girlfriend Shizzo?
Lol! Before I respond, I would like to know where this is coming from.
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Lol! Before I respond, I would like to know where this is coming from.
I dont know I just thought of it. You spoke of cats before so it triggered thought in me
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I dont know I just thought of it. You spoke of cats before so it triggered thought in me
Thoughts on the internet......
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Thoughts on the internet......
so have you ever had a girlfriend shizzo?
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so have you ever had a girlfriend shizzo?
A few..... but women these days (much like the past) need to learn their place.
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Some piss me off. Like when you're coming out of the grocery store and there's some shitbird rattling a coin can at you. "Would you like to help a child born without proprioception." No. I came here to buy food. Not get a guilt trip about all the fucked up shit in the world. They'll have to establish a charity to pull my foot out of your ass if you don't get lost.
Swear one day I am just going to snap.
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Some piss me off. Like when you're coming out of the grocery store and there's some shitbird rattling a coin can at you. "Would you like to help a child born without proprioception." No. I came here to buy food. Not get a guilt trip about all the fucked up shit in the world. They'll have to establish a charity to pull my foot out of your ass if you don't get lost.
Swear one day I am just going to snap.
Just piss in the red bucket.
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A few..... but women these days (much like the past) need to learn their place.
well some here have donated to the arcegroink charitable trust of america
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i give to animal shelters
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Have you ever had a girlfriend Shizzo?
Seriously doubt it but after that last post aimed toward me I'm going to petition for his sick fat ass to be banned. Ron fucked up again by letting his ass on here only to do the same old shit.
Dumbass never learns his lesson
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Can't remember where I was - working in a government office, I think - and there was a woman asking for some kind of special fee exemption because she was holding a charitable event with her daughter. Selling hot dogs in a parking lot or some shit. She went on to explain that her daughter needed to make money because she was broke but she wanted to go to South America for a holiday. And she was totally on the level. No one told her to go get fucked or explained to her what a charity is vs money for a vacation. They gave her forms to fill in. For all I know she got what she wanted and her daughter went to South America to snort coke on tax free hot dog money. People are unbelievable.
When I see someone who needs help, I help. That's my charity. If you fell over in the street I'll grab you by the hair and drag you up the curb before a bus comes. You're welcome. I'm not giving someone money to go do god knows what with it. How many hands do contributions pass through before reaching their intended destination? My dollars wouldn't get within 1000 miles of some starving african kid whose villiage doesn't have a water well. And if you're gonna drill a well for his village then why are you asking me in my grocery store for money? What, so you can hire the well driller? Is he seriously just leaning on his drill rig watching children die like "Yep sure would like to help y'all but got to get paid." Why don't you go ask him to waive his drilling fee instead of asking me to pay someone for being an asshole who won't drill a well for dying children?
I used to give to the RSPCA but it's nonsense. They have company vehicles with paid employees in them. My money just went to Toyota or some fat broad who does nothing all day. Why don't you volunteer your time and vehicle like I'm volunteering money?
Do something good if you want to do something good. Fuck charities.
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Seriously doubt it but after that last post aimed toward me I'm going to petition for his sick fat ass to be banned. Ron fucked up again by letting his ass on here only to do the same old shit.
Dumbass never learns his lesson
Settle down, midget.
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Cash? Not much. I'd rather buy a burger for a homeless person or hell give him some cash no he's going to go buy a bottle but he's shaking like fuck anyways and he may have a seizure or something. But giving money to large charities for the most part is a fucking joke and I know so firsthand because I used to run fundraising office that help fundraising 4 a bunch of mostly revolving around or dealing with law enforcement or firefighters related non-profit charities. all were legal 501(c)3 so I know exactly how much money actually go through the Charity's programs. Our standard rebuttal to somebody asking how much money actually goes to the charity was "well once the high cost of the fundraising campaign is paid, ALL the remaining funds go directly to the Charities and their programs. Now how come can we depend on you for this year? Did you want to do that $50 gold sponsorship or did you want to knock it down to the $25 bronze level?"
And if theyre "bright", they'll ask "oh ok, well how much is that?", our reply is "one store fundraising campaign is paid for it's usually at at least 10%". Which means five and a half years out of 10-10.5% goes to the charity, which means either buying new "Proud supporter" stickers/decals ( that they can put on their windows or the bumpers on their cars. Which a lot of times having a police supporter sticker on your car actually increases more chances of getting pulled over for whatever reason. Don't know how many times I was told that by somebody who donated the previous year stuck instruct the decal on their cars bumper and got pulled over at least once a month. Whereas without the decal they'd go years without being pulled over. Lol) or pain the daily salary or salaries of the officers or firefighters to go do an appearance or speak at something at a school or something. Which means the other four and a half years the charity only gets maybe a half percent or 1%.. and by fundraising campaign that means the salary of the director/owner(s)of umbrella company that owns the charities, & page 4 office space Lisa office supplies and such as well as the salaries and payroll of the workersrsising the money. And that's true for the vast majority of nonprofits no matter how mainstream and popular they are. The guys who own the company that I manage the office for and Chad top of the line S Class Mercedes one head and s55 the other headed S600 the heat Chad Cadillac Escalades that except one guy had two identical black ones. One guy had a big lifted custom F-350 that was for sure under the company's name but used as his personal vehicle. That guy was a little bit more conservative with his money but the other guy also had a brand new yellow NSX from when they relaunched in 2003 or 2004 he also had a black Ferrari 360,& another Ferrari I never saw and 2 Porsches I never saw, as well as a lifted supercharged all the bells and whistles custom H2 Hummer on 24s (which I know was also under the company's name) and a brand new Range Rover, & to $100,000 a custom choppers and a custom trailer that he would hell driven to Sturgis every year . He'd have somebody else drive the truck with the trailer and bikes while he took a plane
Lol l.. Never knew him to ever have ridden either bike. Lol) They were also partners in 2 restaurants in gaslamp/downtown San Diego ( that they used to launder money through. Forming a charity and being able to write a nice script is like a license to print money. Just myself I would generate 20 to $30,000 per week in donations now multiply that by 15 - 20 others bringing in anywhere from 1002 $30,000 per week ( much of that having to do with the fact that even though we said we only do fundraising once per year and ask the person once every year that's true but we also send you an invoice with the tax ID number on it with a return envelope about four or five times per year assuming that you're going to forget you already donated and will likely donate three more times that year before you catch on and stop mailing back in checks. A common practice for non-profits.
So, how much money?
Zero, champ😉
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I give between 40 and 50k in taxes, that's more than enough "charity" if you ask me.
You did the right choice leaving quebec ;D
What a piece of shit of a province we live in
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Idk if it's as insidious as all that across the board but there's certainly inefficiency and a sense of needing my money because someone close to the problem and able to solve it won't do his part without pay. Go talk to that mercenary fucker and you won't have to bother me anymore.
Then there are plain stupid causes. Like that Police Youth shit. "Johnny needs a recreation center built so he doesn't fall in with the wrong crowd. Our goal is $1.3 million." Fuck Johnny and his first world problems. There's some organization collecting for 'disadvantaged Australian children.' Gimmie a break. There are no starving children in Australia and they all have shoes. Disadvantaged here probably means they have an outdated Playstation.
Worst one I ever saw was (again, at the grocery store) asking for donations for a youth sports club because they needed uniforms. Wtf. Put on an old tshirt and go play the game. Go ask the little bastards parents for uniform money. I couldn't believe the sheer arse in asking people to fund that. The hell with the kids who don't have matching uniforms. If they get in front of my car I'm going to run them over.
The next time one of these fuckers in the shopping center. I'm right on the edge.
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This thread needs a nice animal rescue story for those who donate/volunteer with such
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Cash? Not much. I'd rather buy a burger for a homeless person or hell give him some cash no he's going to go buy a bottle but he's shaking like fuck anyways and he may have a seizure or something. But giving money to large charities for the most part is a fucking joke and I know so firsthand because I used to run fundraising office that help fundraising 4 a bunch of mostly revolving around or dealing with law enforcement or firefighters related non-profit charities. all were legal 501(c)3 so I know exactly how much money actually go through the Charity's programs. Our standard rebuttal to somebody asking how much money actually goes to the charity was "well once the high cost of the fundraising campaign is paid, ALL the remaining funds go directly to the Charities and their programs. Now how come can we depend on you for this year? Did you want to do that $50 gold sponsorship or did you want to knock it down to the $25 bronze level?"
And if theyre "bright", they'll ask "oh ok, well how much is that?", our reply is "one store fundraising campaign is paid for it's usually at at least 10%". Which means five and a half years out of 10-10.5% goes to the charity, which means either buying new "Proud supporter" stickers/decals ( that they can put on their windows or the bumpers on their cars. Which a lot of times having a police supporter sticker on your car actually increases more chances of getting pulled over for whatever reason. Don't know how many times I was told that by somebody who donated the previous year stuck instruct the decal on their cars bumper and got pulled over at least once a month. Whereas without the decal they'd go years without being pulled over. Lol) or pain the daily salary or salaries of the officers or firefighters to go do an appearance or speak at something at a school or something. Which means the other four and a half years the charity only gets maybe a half percent or 1%.. and by fundraising campaign that means the salary of the director/owner(s)of umbrella company that owns the charities, & page 4 office space Lisa office supplies and such as well as the salaries and payroll of the workersrsising the money. And that's true for the vast majority of nonprofits no matter how mainstream and popular they are. The guys who own the company that I manage the office for and Chad top of the line S Class Mercedes one head and s55 the other headed S600 the heat Chad Cadillac Escalades that except one guy had two identical black ones. One guy had a big lifted custom F-350 that was for sure under the company's name but used as his personal vehicle. That guy was a little bit more conservative with his money but the other guy also had a brand new yellow NSX from when they relaunched in 2003 or 2004 he also had a black Ferrari 360,& another Ferrari I never saw and 2 Porsches I never saw, as well as a lifted supercharged all the bells and whistles custom H2 Hummer on 24s (which I know was also under the company's name) and a brand new Range Rover, & to $100,000 a custom choppers and a custom trailer that he would hell driven to Sturgis every year . He'd have somebody else drive the truck with the trailer and bikes while he took a plane
Lol l.. Never knew him to ever have ridden either bike. Lol) They were also partners in 2 restaurants in gaslamp/downtown San Diego ( that they used to launder money through. Forming a charity and being able to write a nice script is like a license to print money. Just myself I would generate 20 to $30,000 per week in donations now multiply that by 15 - 20 others bringing in anywhere from 1002 $30,000 per week ( much of that having to do with the fact that even though we said we only do fundraising once per year and ask the person once every year that's true but we also send you an invoice with the tax ID number on it with a return envelope about four or five times per year assuming that you're going to forget you already donated and will likely donate three more times that year before you catch on and stop mailing back in checks. A common practice for non-profits.
So, how much money?
Zero, champ😉
not trolling but just for the record is there anything you havent done?
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not trolling but just for the record is there anything you havent done?
Plenty.
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Care to elaborate and explain what that means . I'm clueless on what "camp/crew" means. 100% serious. Thanks.
since 10 years i "sponsor" a child with world vision. 600 dollars per year.
of course at the end the goddaughter sees no money but they will have school, water, better medicine etc... in their area in bolivia where world vision is active. so i dont pay for the child per se but also or for the most part for the people who work there and the organization as a whole.
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Plenty.
Could you knock up a list please....?
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;D
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that Police Youth shit.
Guess who called today. "We work very hard to keep kids off drugs."
"That sounds like a first world problem to me. Don't bother me again."
Some methamphetamine would do the fat little bastards some good but I didn't have time to fuck with the old coot properly.
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Guess who called today. "We work very hard to keep kids off drugs."
"That sounds like a first world problem to me. Don't bother me again."
Some methamphetamine would do the fat little bastards some good but I didn't have time to fuck with the old coot properly.
I don't think most drug addicts are "victims".
Nobody forced them to take drugs.
They knew the risks and decided to go for it.
If I jump off a cliff and die, it's my own foolish mistake.
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I don't think most drug addicts are "victims".
Nobody forced them to take drugs.
They knew the risks and decided to go for it.
If I jump off a cliff and die, it's my own foolish mistake.
You're not talking opioid addicts are you?
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I give between 40 and 50k in taxes, that's more than enough "charity" if you ask me.
You did the right choice leaving quebec ;D
What a piece of shit of a province we live in
That's not charity, that's legalized extortion.
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How many of you give to charity because of tax reasons?
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I give to charity every time I post here. The talent is slim pickings lately. I fully expect to see some creepy old dude in an infomercial, telling me that five posts a week will keep a gimmick from being banned. :-\
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How many of you give to charity because of tax reasons?
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there any other reason? Considering the charity doesn't pay taxes and pays their CEOs 40% of the funds donated and spend the other 50% on employees asking for funds and only %10 on their actual"stated" charitable activities.