What sorts of profits does Mike Uyama make from GDQ? What is the support staff paid? How much of the money actually goes to the nonprofits? What do the nonprofits actually do with the money?
Oh yeah, I've heard before that GDQ is absolutely fucked, but I don't have any source for that
Slightly off topic but it's been discussed before on ahem other sites but the prevent cancer foundation leaves a bad taste in my mouth. High executive salaries (ceo earning $300k a year at a non profit, lol ok), only 74% of donations given going to "programs" (placing them in the bottom 30% of charities), and no talk about what those programs are.
Most donations talk about "kicking cancers ass", "funding research" or "making sure no one else has to go thought what my <relative> went through", but most of the prevent cancer foundations money goes towards "raising awareness", ie ads, informational briefs etc, etc.
Sending money to a "charity" so that it can print the informational material, to give to uninsured poor people isn't helping anyone or solving anything. This is one of the charities I would place firmly under the category of "Neoliberal grift", it serves the ego's and wallets of the executive members but little else. As a bonus try looking up the prevent cancer foundation on Glassdoor to read some of the horror stories.
Edit: in case anyone is doubting the numbers since they're 5 years old i just checked PCF's latest 990 IRS form: https://i2p4a4i8.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/PCF_IRS_Form_990_Public_Inspection_copy-signed.pdf
CEO now makes $350k a year lol, charity watch lists them as only spending 73% on "programs", and from their $6.5 million dollar budget they only spent 1.6 million on grants, while spending $1 million on executive salaries, part of their combined $2.5 million on salaries, compensation and other benefits. Finally they also spend a giant blob of money, $2.4 million on "other expenses" but who knows what that entails.
But hey at least we got the Prevent Cancer super colon, (see page 24) to educate kids about colon cancer. Also theres something of a mismatch between what their annual report says they spend money on and what the IRS 990 form says. My guess is its because the latter is legally liable.
Most donations talk about “kicking cancers ass”, “funding research” or “making sure no one else has to go thought what my <relative> went through”
Hearing comments like these always grabs my attention, and you've described exactly why. What a sad crock.