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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Sean McEntee on January 20, 2015, 01:40:57 PM

Title: AMA's $100,000 donation to Wounded Warrior Project
Post by: Sean McEntee on January 20, 2015, 01:40:57 PM

  So is anybody else just a LITTLE disturbed that the AMA is throwing around donations?

http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amaclubs/2015/01/19/ama-clubs-donate-100000-to-the-wounded-warrior-project/

Title: Re: AMA's $100,000 donation to Wounded Warrior Project
Post by: peabody on January 20, 2015, 02:49:31 PM

Recently the WWP seemed to do some good for a couple of vets in the Tampa area....
It appears as if the AMA didn't donate directly to the WWP, but sponsored and publicized the fund raising effort....
The Academy retains its 501-C-3 status because it hands out a few scholarships.....

Title: Re: AMA's $100,000 donation to Wounded Warrior Project
Post by: Phillip Kenney on January 20, 2015, 03:24:50 PM

Charity navigator gives them a 86.1 rating out of 100! Good enough fo me.

Title: Re: AMA's $100,000 donation to Wounded Warrior Project
Post by: Tim Wescott on January 20, 2015, 06:14:36 PM

"AMA Clubs donate $100,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project".

"AMA Clubs donate" means something different from "AMA donates".  Think about it.

Title: Re: AMA's $100,000 donation to Wounded Warrior Project
Post by: peabody on January 20, 2015, 06:30:09 PM

I participated in the National Model Aviation Day and it seems to me that it was billed as a charity event....

Title: Re: AMA's $100,000 donation to Wounded Warrior Project
Post by: Ward Van Duzer on January 22, 2015, 10:25:01 AM

Yes, and while you are there do the math. Do I read 68% of the $ went for 'expenses'?

W.