Posted on Mar 7, 2016
Major donor calls for ouster of Wounded Warrior Project executive | Fox News
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RP Members what do you think? Should the CEO step down?
A major donor to the Wounded Warrior Project veterans’ charity called Thursday for the nonprofit’s CEO to resign in light of allegations of lavish spending on staff meetings, according to a CBS News report.
Fred and Dianne Kane, the parents of two Iraq War veterans, have donated $325,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project since 2009 through their personal charity, Tee-off for a Cause.
Slightly more than half of the Kanes' donations directly benefitted veterans, according to CBS News.
But after recent tax forms reflected questionable spending by the veterans’ charity on staff expenditures, including $26 million on conferences and meetings at luxury hotels in 2014 alone, Fred Kane called for CEO Steven Nardizzi to be fired.The expenditure on conferences and travel was up from just $1.7 million in 2010, according to reports.
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A major donor to the Wounded Warrior Project veterans’ charity called Thursday for the nonprofit’s CEO to resign in light of allegations of lavish spending on staff meetings, according to a CBS News report.
Fred and Dianne Kane, the parents of two Iraq War veterans, have donated $325,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project since 2009 through their personal charity, Tee-off for a Cause.
Slightly more than half of the Kanes' donations directly benefitted veterans, according to CBS News.
But after recent tax forms reflected questionable spending by the veterans’ charity on staff expenditures, including $26 million on conferences and meetings at luxury hotels in 2014 alone, Fred Kane called for CEO Steven Nardizzi to be fired.The expenditure on conferences and travel was up from just $1.7 million in 2010, according to reports.
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Major donor calls for ouster of Wounded Warrior Project executive | Fox News
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Responsibility and Accountability would dictate that the boss has to go....
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs We've heard about these abuses for years. It seems though that in the last year the executives of Wounded Warrior project have abused the funds for their own benefit .According to it's tax forms, spending on conferences and meetings went from $1.7 million in 2010, to $26 million in 2014. That is almost the same amount spent on combat stress recovery its top program. All of this lavish spending began just after Steven Nardizzi became CEO in 2009, so yes I think he should step down.
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LTC Stephen C.
We discussed the Wounded Warrior Project on another discussion thread sometime ago, CPT (Join to see). I observed at the time that Charity Navigator indicates that WWP reported only spending 59.9% of total revenues on program expenses (defined as expenses spent on the programs and services it delivers) for the fiscal year ending 9/2014. These guys certainly deserve further scrutiny and I'd certainly consider other options for my charitable contributions. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
LTC Stephen C. and CPT (Join to see) When I read things like this and I look at the program that I'm volunteering about 40 to 50 hours a week to on top of my regular job and family (Sponsor a Vet Life); and that has been self-funded for almost two years and what we could have we done with those types of funds to open up 40 regions in the virtual world and gotten thousands of veterans into our program. Then I think of the number of soldiers who lost their lives to suicide that could have used that help. There is no excuse for this - none! You can have a board meeting over the phone or in the Virtual World for absolutely no expense and that money can be used to help more veterans and active duty members! Poor leadership!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
CPT (Join to see) & LTC Stephen C. I owe you both a "vote up" I won't forget when my stock is replenished!
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That money is raised on the showings of amputees and burn victims. Not lavish conferences. He must go. I get turned down for programs all the time because there is not enough space or sorry but the registration event has ended. Its frusturating not being able to participate. Not to mention how much they are spending compared to adding 4 hockey tickets to an event which I have to drive 3 hours for. They say no lodging or travel reimbursement provided yet they can enjoy the splendors on the backs of our wounded service members. SICKENING! DISGUSTING!
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