Tunnel to Towers vs Wounded Warrior Project
 

From the IRS Form 990s, the Wounded Warrior Project charity receives more than twice the amount in donations than the Tunnel to Towers charity. Retired General Michael Linnington, the CEO of WWP, receives a salary of $365K per year in compensation, and there are 12 other managers who receive more than $200K each in annual compensation. So, Linnington makes more money than any military officer has ever made in the history of our country, in addition to his military pension. By contrast, Frank Siller, the CEO of Tunnel to Towers, receives zero compensation, and none of the other managers of T2T receive any compensation at all.

I would recommend that anyone who wants to donate money to a charity, please go to "Guidestar" or "Charity Navigator" and read the charity's Form 990 to find out how they are spending the money that you donate.

Great advice! Charitable money should go to the cause not to stuff a greedy person's pocket. Some people have no shame and they only see $$$$. It's ridiculous that charities who need the money are victims of people like Gen Linnington. He should be arrested and the keys thrown away!

:1rotfl: Other than getting paid a ridiculous amount for running a charity, what law is he breaking? Lock him up and throw away the keys? Hilarious.

I didnt insinuate that he was breaking any laws, I said that he SHOULD be locked up. If there were laws preventing it, I would be happy to see the man placed in jail and the keys thrown away. Thanks for trying to keep me in check, just not what I meant.

I second that. . I stopped giving to GiveMN once i read the form 990. I did donate as my daughter's org was pushing it, but once she left, no more.. .

good luck!

make your donation worth it!

We took WWP off of our charity list several years ago because of what we considered excessive salary payouts.

Should be locked up for what? (since he's not breaking any laws...)

Michael Linnington came to Wounded Warrior Project around 2016 when a whistle blower told stories of total waste by the management at the time. At the time, if I remember right, they were bringing in over $300 million per year. Drop off immediately and it was questionable if WWP would survive. The board of directors investigated the allegation and fired most of the management and brought in Linnington to straighten out the charity. I believe when he took over, almost 60% of the contribution were used for huge salaries, extravagant parties, staff benefits, and other charges. I lived in Jacksonville at the time and it was a huge mess! Anyway, he did a great job of cleaning up the mess at the time. Probably saved WWP. Have not followed WWP since so not sure how things are run now.

Then they hired another Fox to raid the hen house.

None, but that's not the point; charities are created to help those in need, not to help thy-self; paying yourself $1,000 per day in compensation is ridiculous!!!

Gary Sineci foundation
 

We dropped WWP years ago for the same reason. Check out Gary Sineci Foundation. Gary really care about veterans. :BigApplause:

Thank you for the enlightening
sometimes those who seem
sincere are sincere. Thank you
Frank

That is when we stopped giving.

I once worked for a non profit organization as treasurer and had to fill out 990s. Ever since I always check the 990 for any organization before giving my money. Recently I learned about an organization that helps disabled people (I forget the name), each officer gets $1/year. So there are some non profits that really do serve the people they are supposed to help.

extravagant parties
 

We stopped investing after we heard about those extravagant parties. Very disappointed. Any money or time we give to charity is a sacrifice. I'm a veteran and although I was never injured, I feel very connected to those injured while serving. For us, this is another reason not to invest/donate here - thank you for the post. We don't want to feel like we've been taken if you know what I mean.