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Wounded Warriors project Execs fired

Zenyoga — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:24:16 GMT

Americans donate hundreds of millions of dollars each year to the charity, expecting their money will help some of the 52,000 wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But CBS News found Wounded Warrior Project spends 40 to 50 percent on overhead, including extravagant parties. Other veterans charities have overhead costs of 10 to 15 percent.

Wounded Warrior Project's Chief Executive Officer, Steven Nardizzi, and Chief Operating Officer, Al Giordano, were fired after a meeting Thursday afternoon in New York.

It's a shame when you donate to a charity you believe is doing good things for the intended.

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lovesrecess — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:36:14 GMT

It's a shame to hear anyone would be spending money intended for veterans on themselves. I hope they can rebuild the confidence of their donors and get new leadership.

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LUVNLIFE — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:37:48 GMT

Thank you for the post. I am glad the greed was stopped. It is a shame that all that overhead and parties ( 40%-50%) was misused. Think how many vets and families could have had a better quality of life.

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Lila Belle — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:38:41 GMT

It was about time they were fired !

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GCR18 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:38:52 GMT

I only give to the charities I know. It's great something good may come from the firing.

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ValuSkr — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:39:28 GMT

I wonder if they would have been fired if CBS News hadn't embarassed the organization. Probably not - certainly others in the organization knew what was going on. They ought to clean house.

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Lila Belle — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:50:27 GMT

@lovesrecess wrote:
It's a shame to hear anyone would be spending money intended for veterans on themselves. I hope they can rebuild the confidence of their donors and get new leadership.

My entire family sypports Fisher House.

Check them out.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:53:01 GMT

Unless this group cleans up its act and starts putting donations where they were intended, I wouldn't give them a penny. They also need a woman or two on their board.

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kdgn — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:54:03 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
I wonder if they would have been fired if CBS News hadn't embarassed the organization. Probably not - certainly others in the organization knew what was going on. They ought to clean house.

Until the CBS show I don't believe the general public had any idea of how the WWP execs were spending the money. Employees and former employees did but the media hadn't focussed their attention on what was being said-until CBS News.

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Catty2 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:19:57 GMT

I always thought highly of this charity organization until I read awhile back how much money is not spent on the veterans. It's sad because our veterans have given so much and deserve to be taken care of.

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MacDUFF — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:22:57 GMT

Shame on them!

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MaggieMack — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:29:34 GMT

WW was a charity I was determined to support in 2016 until the publicity of their shortcomings came out. I may still, but not yet. Let's see what else they do going forward. I think a whistleblower tipped off CBS. The nonprofit obviously felt the heat of the fallout post-CBS-story and recognized that to save their charity, they had to oust the plunderers. The Board should probably have fired the top five in command, not just the top two. I love the concept of the charity and hope they recover.

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Silver Fox1 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:37:38 GMT

I had heard something about this about a month ago. You really can't get much worse this this

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ValuSkr — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:27:53 GMT

@kdgn wrote:
@ValuSkr wrote:
I wonder if they would have been fired if CBS News hadn't embarassed the organization. Probably not - certainly others in the organization knew what was going on. They ought to clean house.

Until the CBS show I don't believe the general public had any idea of how the WWP execs were spending the money. Employees and former employees did but the media hadn't focussed their attention on what was being said-until CBS News.

That's what I'm saying -- thanks to CBS News for exposing this shameful organization. I'm sure there were many insiders - many more than the ones fired - who knew it was a private party but chose to keep quiet. There's something unethical about that.

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Judaline — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:17:47 GMT

I read a long time ago this was one charity not to give to as the money goes to dubious sources. It was on a list naming the safest/unsafest charities. The Salvation Army was the only one that was certain. They said it's wonderful. I just remembered The Red Cross was not good. The head of it gets a HUGE salary.

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Vickiv — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:04:02 GMT

It's shameful how they played on veterans to get donations then spent the money on themselves. I read about this Organization before. You would be surprised at some of the big charities on how they use donations unwisely. Just look it up on the Internet. Big salaries!

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Bestdressed — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:07:14 GMT

They should make them repay the money back to the Wounded Warriors organization ... that they wasted on frivolous activities.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:15:55 GMT

Very disappointing news indeed. WW is one of the charities we've supported and now I feel like we've been duped.

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Bridgegal — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:12:32 GMT

@Bestdressed wrote:
They should make them repay the money back to the Wounded Warriors organization ... that they wasted on frivolous activities.

And then throw them all in prison.

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Snicks1 — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:42:42 GMT

I and my family all support Fisher House also, as another poster upthread said her family did. It's a wonderful organization.