Spending That MADD Money

If you believe what MADD tells you, that MOST of the money it collects in donations goes to drinking and driving campaigns and helping trauma victims of fatal crashes, you're in for an eye-opener:

A Star investigation reveals most of the high-profile charity's money is spent on fundraising and administration, leaving only about 19 cents of each donor dollar for charitable works.

For years MADD has been claiming it spends donor money well — fundraising pitches say "83.6 per cent of your donation is spent directly on MADD Canada programs." When the Star obtained MADD's financial statements, it was clear that millions of dollars in payments to the fundraising firms made up a big chunk of its charitable programs.

Veteran volunteers who built the charity from its grassroots days are locked in a struggle with CEO Murie over what they consider deceitful fundraising practices. They are also concerned that Murie won't reveal MADD finances — salaries and administrative expenses — to the volunteers. But they say their complaints have fallen on deaf ears.

The CEO would not reveal his salary or that of other staff, saying it is personal information. Volunteers have been seeking an accounting of the $2 million-plus salary and administrative expenses at the charity's Oakville head office.

There is so much more terrible information on MADD in this article that it blows the mind, go have a read.

Keep this in mind when you are donating to a charity: The best charities spend 80% and more on good works, where as MADD spends 19%. And the CEO of MADD won't even reveal the salaries of himself or his co-workers, even though MADD gets government grants (taxpayer money) to keep it afloat. That's pathetic. True charities are transparent.

I truly feel sorry for the people that volunteer for MADD, many of them have lost loved one's to drunk drivers. Imagine how they must feel when they read that the majority of donations go to three fundraising companies, what a slap in the face that must be to them.

I hate to say this, but there is only one solution to this: DO NOT donate one red cent to MADD.

Not only is MADD trying to trample on our rights, but they're outright lying when they tell you the majority of the donations they receive go to good works.

Get get MADD, get even