"Red Cross Calls Sandy Spending Trade Secret- Won't say how it spent $300M raised" Does this make your donation to RC more/less likely?
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(Newser) – The Red Cross raised more than $300 million for Superstorm Sandy disaster relief, but it is refusing to say how it raised or spent the cash. After ProPublica filed a public records request for the information, the Red Cross hired a law firm to block the release of some documents. The lawyers argued that the information is a "trade secret" and if it was disclosed, "the American Red Cross would suffer competitive harm because its competitors would be able to mimic the American Red Cross's business model for an increased competitive advantage." The Red Cross is a public charity with a federal charter to provide disaster relief, so it's not clear who its "competitors" are, ProPublica notes. The Red Cross says it wants "proprietary information important to maintaining our ability to raise funds and fulfill our mission" to remain confidential, but the use of the "trade secret" exemption is not "something you would expect from an organization that purports to be 'transparent and accountable,'" says a spokesman for the Disaster Accountability Project watchdog group. "Donors have a right to know" what is being done with the money, writes Laura Northrup at Consumerist, "but the Red Cross refuses to even separate out how much money budgeted for certain expenses was spent during the disaster, and how much allocated for future efforts." (As of last spring, the Red Cross was still sitting on more than a third of Sandy donations.)http://www.newser.com/story/189097/red-cross-wont-say-how-it-spent-sandy-money.html
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Answer:
The red Cross has been on my sh*t list for years....and untill they clean up their act they are going to remain there.
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Other answers
When 9-11 money was collected and we were never told how it was spent I quit donating. I also know that many of their "volunteers" get paid for travel and other expenses that we never hear about. I'll donate my blood because I am a universal donor and I know my blood helps but never will they get another penny from me.
Wellduh
I haven't donated to the RC in years; this is not their first time in the hot seat.
Thriftymaid
corrupt basically speaking they say that the money donated doesn't go for whatever catastrophe is happening at the moment.
Baba
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