The Red Cross has turned over a new leaf. |
The Red Cross is a brand name, and people automatically pick it for donations. But there are a lot of local groups who could use assistance and reimbursement, and the Red Cross isn't willing to do that. |
There is a lot more needed to get these people back up on their feet. We had concern with charities overdoing it in 9/11. |
They have one of the most popular causes ... particularly when we've got a war going on. It's unconscionable that they're so inefficient. |
They're taking away charitable resources that might be used to help other people. |
This storm involved the largest relocation of people since the Civil War, it's of historic proportions, so people want to do something about it. Americans do feel very connected to a wide scale disaster like this and they're inspired to do something. |
Unfortunately, the criminal element will target nonprofit organizations, even outside of natural disasters, knowing they don't have the same level of safeguards and internal controls that a business would have. |
We can point out problems to a charity, but we're not a service to charities. |
When a big disaster happens, it heightens the philanthropic impulse. |
When there are people suffering and people in need right now, it's a harder argument to give money to a memorial, to a capital campaign, or an endowment. |