re: #90 A Mom Anon

I’ve been thinking about this since the story broke,marjoriemoon’s comments in yesterday’s thread about this got me thinking even more. Is it really ok for charities to be structured like corporations? And if local people can raise money and hold events,do they even need that corporate structure at all? How many people need to be taking chunks of money out of a charity before money gets to the actual cause? I honestly don’t know,but it doesn’t sit well with me. How much “awareness”(which seems to be where a LOT of the money goes)is needed for most causes? Aren’t we aware there is cancer,autism,heart disease,AIDS and that our military families need our help?
I am jaded,as I said before. My son has Asperger’s,I went the route of being Volunteer Mom when he was younger. It wasn’t a positive experience for me or my son. I have no idea what the answers are but surely the corporate model for charity can’t be the ONLY way,can it?

I’m starting to think government programs could be advantageous for the reasons you give. The government funds research and care. We should call out the private charities who decry government programs as inferior or inappropriate. And oppose politicians when they want to cut government funding of science and health care.