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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
At the same time I think you could argue that the Flames Foundation doesn't actually do any active fundraising through Charity Events.
50/50 not an active fundraiser through charity events.
The golf tournament / poker tournaments may be seen as a charity event - but your same point on 50/50 applies - those tickets are "bought" to attend that event, people are not donating money to charity and then thinking they get to go to an event.
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But the problem is that those events are still listed as charities. It's the Flames
Charity Golf Classic. They bring in good will, people eat it up, some people do spend their 'charitable' money on those events.
If you told people the truth. "Hey guys, this event doesn't really bring in much, maybe a couple cents on the dollar after everything is accounted for. Mostly this is a circlejerk that doesn't really help the community, maybe even detrimental considering the people donating may or may not have donated elsewhere with better efficiencies. But hey you still get to rub elbows with Curtis Glencross" Maybe some people still chose to go, maybe some find other ways to donate.
That's sort of what the article is getting about the inefficiency and lack of transparency. People assume that the Flames Foundation is responsible with their money and a decent chunk of it actually gets back into the community if they do go to the charity events. But that may not be the case.