In our research International Union of Police Associations comes at 5th number to be the America's Worst Charity (We look at the details and Rank the Charities on the basis of Cash that they paid to Solicitors in the past decade).
Lets see why ...
OUR RANK: # 5
The headquarter of International Union of Police Associations is in downtown Sarasota, Florida. As a member of AFLCIO and trade union , donations given to the group are not tax deductible.
The association is recruit professional solicitors to raise the money. Telemarketers call people around the country and tell them that their donations will be spent for providing financial assistance to families of fallen police officers who were members of the union.
The association also provides scholarships to the students who seek to get degrees in law enforcement.
But during the past decade, of the $ 57 million in donations given by the public , professional solicitors were paid more than 72 cents of every dollar .
About $ 28,000 per year which is less than half of one percent - was used for survivor benefits.
Recent campaigns have been even more worse. In 2011, $ 8.1 million were raised and professional fundraisers kept about 92 percent of it . IUPA recorded approximately $ 650,000. The association spent $ 25,000 upon its motive , giving $ 15,000 in student scholarships, $ 5,000 to the foundation of a disabled child outside Sarasota and $ 5,000 in death benefits.
Rich Roberts is the public information officer for IUPA. He said the organization will continue to hire more professional solicitors.
Roberts further said "Although the percentage we receive are not what we want but it is money that we would not otherwise support our agents" .
IUPA is one of five groups on the list of Times/ CIR. It is ,under the IRS code, tax-exempt. But it is not a traditional 501c (3) charity. These groups still have to register with the state authorities to solicit donations, but fact is that the donations are not tax deductible.
To raise money, all five heavily rely on professional telemarketing companies.
International Union of Police Associations believes upon the words in the hallmark of trade union organizations. Believing in such kinda unity is essential for the mutual protection and promotion of the interests and well-being of all the officers of law enforcement, we formed the International Union of Police officers for:
04/16/2016 7:02 pm