NGO's newspaper ad asks Americans for donations after Trump's drastic aid cuts

[1srelluc]

NGO's newspaper ad asks Americans for donations after Trump's drastic aid cuts

An international non-governmental organization has placed a full-page advertisement in Sunday's New York Times calling on Americans to provide donations to support hundreds of millions of people in need after drastic cuts in U.S. foreign aid. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international non-governmental organization has placed a full-page advertisement in Sunday's New York Times calling on Americans to provide donations to support hundreds of millions of people in need after drastic cuts in U.S. foreign aid.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the advertisement was sponsored by a private donor and it urged the American public to "meet the moment" following the announcement of a 90% cut in U.S. foreign and humanitarian aid.

"The IRC aims to highlight the severe consequences of these cuts," it said in a statement.

It said that in the past week, 46 of the IRC's government grants had received notices of termination, which meant at least 2 million people would not have access to critical services across multiple crisis zones, including Sudan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.

"The IRC is calling on the American public to support our efforts to mitigate the impact of these cuts for people in critical need around the world," the advertisement said. It requested donations via donor-advised funds, stock accounts, foundations, checks or credit cards.

The CEO of this "nonprofit" works 38 hours/week, and makes $1M/year.
International/Committee/Collective, if it these words are in the name, you can bet it’s a communist front.

Top heavy much?

 

[my2¢]

These salaries are all too typical of large charity organizations. Before donating to any non-church organization, I look them up on Charity Watch to check overhead expenses relative to money going towards causes. IRC isn't bad in that regard, but it seems to me a charity shouldn't need to offer a huge salary to attract top talent.

International Rescue Committee

 

[1srelluc]

These salaries are all too typical of large charity organizations. Before donating to any non-church organization, I look them up on Charity Watch to check overhead expenses relative to money going towards causes. IRC isn't bad in that regard, but it seems to me a charity shouldn't need to offer a huge salary to attract top talent.

International Rescue Committee

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You even have to watch their ratings....If it's a NGO then it's safe to say to run away.

In 2005, prior to making all of its ratings available on its website, the then-named American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) was criticized in a study on rating nonprofits published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review for having a "gotcha" mentality and limited explanation for their ratings.

The study criticized several nonprofit watchdog organizations for relying heavily on financial data that is not adequate for evaluating a nonprofit organization and may misguide the public, although the study noted that AIP "recognizes the limitations of the [IRS Form] 990 and thus develops its financial health ratios by analyzing a charity's audited financial statements".

CharityWatch does not take charities' financial reporting at face value even when Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) allow charities to include in-kind goods of questionable value in their financial reporting, or allow charities to include telemarketing or direct mail costs in their reported program spending. Many in the nonprofit space have taken issue with this approach.

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[daveman]

"Please donate! My second house in the Hamptons Poor starving children are relying on your generosity!"