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Originally Posted by joejoe3
Popcorn is what you need for this thread.
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As someone who does donate a significant amount of time to charitable causes and a little bit less in cash to charities, I think it's extremely important to hold charities accountable. The least a charity should do is be transparent. Provide financial statements, respond to accusations from independent charity watchdogs, provide reasonable responses when their own numbers don't match up with their CRA reports. So I will get passionate when a charity refuses to do so. I would disappointed if everyone didn't.
I'm happy with discussing with anyone, especially would be thrilled to have John Bean release the audited financial statements and/or show what the 825,000 listed on 4920 was indeed reasonably not an "expense" used for their own calculations. Honestly, and I pointed it out, it could be because they donated 500,000 to an organization or charity that is not listed as a qualified donee. It's possible (not probable given Charity Intelligence's assertion that the special events cost 960,000), but you know who could solve all this? The Foundation itself. Easily.
Asking for transparency from a charity shouldn't be a controversial discussion requiring people defending the charity.