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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I love that half the crowd defending the foundation are arguing that everyone knows that little money from the event actually makes it to the charities due to the overhead costs while the others are saying it's made up that only a little bit of the donation goes to charity.
Here's the best way to look at it:
If you donate by buying a 50/50 ticket for the Flames Foundation, 50% your money goes to a charity (eventually may get stuck in reserve for a bit), another 50% goes to some lucky drunk (which could be you but hopefully me next time :P).
If you donate by doing anything else for the Flames Foundation, 30% of your money goes to a charity (eventually, may get stuck in reserve for a bit), the other 70% goes to the operating costs of the foundation, including any event costs.
If you donate to the United Way, 89% of your money goes to a charity, the other 11% goes to operating costs.
There now no one can be confused.
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Ok...so if I want to give money to some poor child, I can support via the united way.
If i want to play golf with Johnny and give no ####s about charity, I can buy a ticket to the flames golf tournament. Instead of the profit from that event going to a promoter, it goes to charity.
If I want to buy a lottery at the dome and give no ####s about charity, I can buy a 50/50 ticket. Instead of the profit going to shareholders of a private company, it goes to charity.
I fail to see the issue. The flames foundation isn't designed to be efficient. Thats not the point. Who here has directly donated to the flames foundation (excluding 50/50 tickets and special events)? Anyone? Anyone?
Literally no ####ing one.