Monterey, CA Check Out How Your Favorite Non-Profit Is Spending Donations

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I wrote yesterday on my blog about the importance of checking out the financial records of charities before you give to them.  There is a plethora of information which non-profits must make available to the public via Form 990 filings with the I.R.S.  Unfortunately, not all non-profits are founded entirely to serve the public.  Some have the self interest of management at the forefront of their thinking.  The front page of the New York Times today profiled The Kintock Group, a large non-profit operator of halfway houses which has paid its founder over $7 million in pay and benefits over the last decade.  His daughter, brother-in-law and son-in-law received $2.5 million during the same period.  The non-profit hired the brother-in-law as a consultant even though he has no experience in the industry.  It also hired the son-in-law who was hired to duplicate DVDs and other electronic media.  Organizations like this give a bad name to non-profits across the country.  I urge you to check out the charities you are giving your hard earned money to.  At Hands To Help Seniors, we have no paid staff members.  All of the work is done by volunteers.  We have almost no overhead other than postage and supplies and the cost of putting on our annual fundraising event.  Our mission is to give donations we receive back to the neediest seniors and adults with disabilities in Monterey County.  If you would like to support our mission, we are currently doing a fundraising campaign.  I am proud that we were chosen by Monterey County Weekly as one of the charities highlighted in their annual Monterey County Gives program.  If you can afford to give, please donate via the below web site as there are matching funds available via this great program.  The way it works is, there is $100,000 in matching funds and it will be divided pro-rata amongst the participating organizations based on how much they raise.  So please help us stay in the top fundraisers by clicking here.

Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of Hands To Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.