I received a card today in USPS mail from "Helppetshelters.com" that said that the Humane Society (HSUS) was spending more money on its own pension plan than it does to help pet shelters. --I have no other information. The mailer was apparently sponsored by Rick Berman's Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE), which has been called "a PR front" for fighting against environmental causes. So the information in the mailer and website could be strongly biased. I was always a small-time contributor to HSUS and thought they were a worthwhile cause. I'm very surprised, and saddened that another nationwide charity organization has succumbed to the greed that so many other large organizations seem to also. This follows news that the Wounded Warrior Project was doing similar things--collecting immense amounts of money, and then spending it on the paid employees with somewhat lavish salaries, benefits and parties--leaving a small percentage for the actual wounded veterans.
I can understand how organizations made up of many volunteers can eventually decide that they need to hire a small professional staff to provide continuity and help the organization achieve its goals. However somehow, the management and staff of those organizations lose sight of the mission, and try to make them profit centers. However, it takes a very strong board of volunteers to supervise organizations like that and keep control on salaries of CEOs, top level staff and their associated expenses and benefits.
I've suspected that the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America also got hijacked by their paid professionals, and the right-wingers who want to proselytize children into believing their perverted forms of Christianity. They, also, were very good organizations with many volunteers, but now are just a shell of what they could have been.
I can understand how organizations made up of many volunteers can eventually decide that they need to hire a small professional staff to provide continuity and help the organization achieve its goals. However somehow, the management and staff of those organizations lose sight of the mission, and try to make them profit centers. However, it takes a very strong board of volunteers to supervise organizations like that and keep control on salaries of CEOs, top level staff and their associated expenses and benefits.
I've suspected that the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America also got hijacked by their paid professionals, and the right-wingers who want to proselytize children into believing their perverted forms of Christianity. They, also, were very good organizations with many volunteers, but now are just a shell of what they could have been.
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