The Washington Post
Philip Rucker, Washington Post Staff Writer
December 13, 2007
Americans gave millions of dollars in the past year to veterans charities designed to help troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, but several of the groups spent relatively little money on the wounded, according to a leading watchdog organization and federal tax filings.
- Eight veterans charities, including some of the nation's largest, gave less than a third of the money raised to the causes they champion, far below the recommended standard, the American Institute of Philanthropy says in a report.
- One group [American Veterans Relief Foundation] passed along 1 cent for every dollar raised, the report says.[Help Hospitalized Veterans/Coalition to Salute America's Heroes] paid its founder and his wife a combined $540,000 in compensation and benefits last year, a Washington Post analysis of tax filings showed.
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