Originally Posted by
Dick T.
This link if from an April 5, 2016 AMA email.
http://nationalmodelaviationday.org/
Registration form for NMAD 2016 has Wounded Warrior as default checked as well as other references to WWP donations.
Although AMA is taking a low key approach to WWP this year it is still their preferred venue for the donations.
As to comments disagreeing with the "commissions" aspect, an individual lack of first hand knowledge does not mean it does not exist. My source voluntarily works with local and national charitable organizations overseeing donations, fundraising and distribution. He relays interesting insight as to dubious methods some well known organizations use to raise money.
There are numerous online sources that monitor and report fund raising costs, overhead and real program end dollar usage. Of interest is the organizations that do not respond to requests for information.
Do your own research to know where your club's donations are going.
With all due respect, the above in blue still sounds like a borderline libelous, or at a minimum, unfair statement to make. If either you or your source can come up with the specific way that the AMA is getting kickback, they should lay it out in the open. If the allegation can't be proven, it should be withdrawn. If your source knows of something improper going on and doesn't report it, they are just as complicit as far as I'm concerned.
I agree on doing the research though, as much as possible. Any organization holding that info back should raise immediate red flags. The ones using "first responder" status to pull at the heartstrings are some of the most disgusting groups out there. They call at least 2-3 times a month and when pushed to answer their actual overhead/program fees, they won't. I know people have to earn a living, but how can honestly do that?