I change the channel every time. Also change when news programming quotes with no context, just repeats as if it’s somehow a valid point in law or sanity.

Yep. Give them a $1 can of vegetables and they can get that to one family. Give them a dollar and they can turn that into five cans. They can source it better than you or I at the grocery store.

If they are putting out the word for specific items, go for it.

Charity navigator reports this OH ratio. Most pay out more than 90% of donated funds. I wouldn’t donate to a 90% Overhead either.

As for spend locally, please do, and give regularly. You may notice your local food bank may be affiliated with a regional or national provider that has a similar management structure. The local food banks can maintain base services and surges because of that ecosystem. /end

Charity navigator will also show overhead vs mission/charity served. That’s the better metric.

I’m not defending every large salary, esp w/bad OH ratio, but it takes that to recruit and retain leadership talent that could make that or more elsewhere. /2

Large charities require CEOs of significant talent to run organizations larger than some state governments, with a footprint that covers most of the country.

For instance, Red Cross CEO gets a similar scale and is paid from their for-profit revenues (blood services, first aid products, etc.)/1

BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “