A Military Wife's Tirade Against Glenn Beck

[Joanne98]

Glenn Beck has made a fatal flaw. He has chosen an unconventional fundraising method that may be his undoing.

Special Operations Warrior Command is a non-profit that "provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families." They are a worthy organization that has received a four star rating from Charity Navigator.

Glenn Beck is using this non-profit to raise funds to pay for his rally. All donations will be 100% tax free. Conservatives are loving this. A fellow Kossack and former charity auditor agrees that there is reason to be concerned with this type of fundraising.

This may sound like small potatoes to those of you unfamiliar with the story. Beck believes this event will cost $2 million dollars to fund. He will provide the first million. He expects the charity to provide the remainder. He will promote the charity on his shows, and they will receive the donations. The great Beck has told them they can keep everything over $1 million. This charity spends perhaps 4 to 5 million dollars a year - this type of fundraising is a huge percentage of their annual budget. Since the funds are being spent on a non-charitable cause, this could mess up their non-profit status. Worse yet, fundraising should not benefit a private individual. It is hard to argue that this event won't benefit Glenn Beck.

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