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1> 美国红石子费用: 6%
Administrative Expenses 3.3%
Fundraising Expenses 2.5%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.04
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Human Services : Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
American Red Cross
Responding to disasters and helping Americans prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies
Current Rating Historical Data Comments (14)
Rating
Overall Rating
(69.40)
Organizational Efficiency
Program Expenses 94.0%
Administrative Expenses 3.3%
Fundraising Expenses 2.5%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.04
Efficiency Rating
(39.40)
Organizational Capacity
Primary Revenue Growth 25.2%
Program Expenses Growth 19.0%
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.45
Capacity Rating
(30.00)
Income Statement (FYE 06/2006)
Revenue
Primary Revenue $5,649,623,090
Other Revenue $211,886,286
Total Revenue $5,861,509,376
Expenses
Program Expenses $5,155,862,472
Administrative Expenses $185,048,179
Fundraising Expenses $140,082,265
Total Functional Expenses $5,480,992,916
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $380,516,460
Net Assets $3,185,563,440
Charts
Expenses Breakdown
Revenue/Expenses Trend
Contact Information
American Red Cross
2025 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
tel: (800) 435-7669
TTY: (800) 220-4095
Mail donations to:
P.O. Box 4002018
Des Moines, IA 50340
Contact Email
Visit Web Site
Leadership (FYE 06/2006)
Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Mark W. Everson President, CEO (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $500,000 0.00%
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Mission
The American Red Cross has helped people mobilize to help their neighbors for 126 years. Last year, victims of 72,003 disasters, most of them fires, turned to the Red Cross for help and hope. Through more than 750 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people each year gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world. Almost four million people give blood - the gift of life - through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the U.S. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world\'s most vulnerable people.
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ARC 94% is misleading
Posted by Mike | May 21, 2008 6:19:45 AM
Martin (April 28th below) is right.
I was an award-winning disaster volunteer, DAT responder, disaster instructor, and eventually a member of the board of the local ARC chapter. For years we quoted that 94% number.
Then about ten years ago some of us looked at the books and realized that well under 10% of our local budget went to local disasters. Huge amounts of office and management overhead were being misreported to national as disaster relief.
ARC has rules about these reports, so we complained. Suits flew in from regional and national, praised the chapter director, and kicked out us complaining board members.
From what we\'ve heard since from other chapters this is quite common. ARC national has rules which are supposed to make the 94% figure trustworthy, but I suspect that any chapter director who reported the true figures wouldn\'t keep his job for long.
Almost every disaster I worked on the food was donated by Salvation Army or St Vincent De Paul, but served by smiling ARC volunteers. ARC never paid for shelter facilities either.
Some financial assistance was given to clients via disbursing orders, and some money went to hotel rooms for ARC volunteers, but most of the funds raised seem to go to overhead.
Clarification
Posted by gbhatnag | May 16, 2008 1:30:53 PM
In the first line of my last post, I mistakenly mentioned Fundraising Efficiency -- that should actually be Program Expenses.
Additionally, in reviewing Martin\'s post, I was wondering if Martin could expound on the statement: after allocating as much OH as possible away from G&A and FR costs (a subjective process fraught with abuse) ... or, provide a reference to information regarding how the RC allocates funds.
Thanks.
Where to donate?
Posted by gbhatnag | May 16, 2008 12:54:30 PM
@Martin: The 94 cents piece of information (Fundraising Efficiency) is a major one in differentiating between various aid organizations on this site. Given that organizations can fudge this number, what do we really have to go on? How can we effectively decide which organizations to donate to? Your post seems to imply that smaller, more local, less centralized organizations are better to donate to. Specifically for the recent international disasters in Myanmar and China, where should we be donating? Finding organizations local to those areas is difficult, getting money directly to them may take a significant amount of time and judging how they use those funds is more difficult than American organizations (given sites like this have access to their tax records; major news about the organizations are covered nationally; etc.).
So, this is a very complex question, but where do we decide where to put our money?
I\'m new to Charity Navigator, so please forgive me if the answer to this question is out there somewhere. A link would be greatly appreciated if so.
Thanks.
How Red Cross disaster dollars are spent
Posted by Martin | April 28, 2008 12:45:03 PM
In response to Philip Renaud\'s comment that approximately 94 cents of every donated dollar goes to the American people in need whom we serve.
A misleading statement at best.
How it really works: after allocating as much OH as possible away from G&A and FR costs (a subjective process fraught with abuse), the remaining expenses --- 94% in the case of the Red Cross --- are deemed to be for mission. However, this does not mean that disaster victims receive these dollars. Far from it.
The sad reality is that with most chapters, somewhere between 50% and 70% of disaster expenses go to build the delivery system for direct financial assistance --- in other words, pay the salaries of staff who administer the programs, and to pay a heavy tax to the national organization for their advice and policy enforcement.
I admire the goals of the Red Cross, but like all giant bureaucracies, its effectiveness is low. This organization, which was once very decentralized, has become increasingly centralized over the past 20 years, with predictable effect. It was once a very nimble grassroots organization with chapters empowered to do whatever local boards felt was best for local communities. Most local chapters are frustrated and even bitter about the result, and those that are not should be.
Now, in the name of efficiencies and being one Red Cross, it is far more centralized and cumbersome. Its performance in Katrina was characteristic of an organization that was looking to its headquarters in Washington DC, trying to abide by thousands of pages of policies and procedures instead of acting decisively on the spot.
The Red Cross will always have a local disaster relief mission (e.g. house fires), but mega-disasters like Katrina will be increasingly run by FEMA, to whom Red Cross will be subordinate. Donors will be better off giving to religious organizations which act far more spontaneously and hence more effectively, IMHO.
funding
Posted by rel house | April 25, 2008 5:39:37 AM
As all the acheivements that the ARC has made is true... it is in fact incorrect to say that it is run and funded by the American people. THe government elects people to be placed on the operating committee and tells the American Red Cross what the money has to go to and how much. So in conclusion, the gov runs the ARC and the people have little say or knowledge on the governments role in this charity.
CEO Statement
Posted by Jenn Carlson | March 11, 2008 1:56:27 PM
The turnover of the Red Cross CEO is likely unreflected in the ratings because there is no other organization that does what the Red Cross does for its communities--the Red Cross it is run, led, and financed BY its communities across America. One or a few people should not tarnish the wonderful work done by the American Red Cross--which is run by the American people. I encourage you to visit redcross.org to learn more about the mission of the Red Cross--a non-profit organization that is 95% volunteer run, led and financed by people in the communities across America.
If you lived it, you would know
Posted by Jenn Carlson | March 11, 2008 1:56:22 PM
Please know the American Red Cross, and all of its Chapters worldwide, are 95% VOLUNTEER RUN AND LED.
Many families in need have been serviced over the years by the Red Cross who have later become volunteers, and are ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL for the assistance they have received.
Complaints about American Red Cross Disaster Services are not complaints about the Red Cross, but rather, a complaints about the community, because Chapters are led and funded BY PEOPLE IN OUR SHARED COMMUNITIES.
The Red Cross is a non-profit organization--its mission being to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. This is a very difficult for an organization run and led by volunteers--COURAGEOUS in fact... :)
I challenge those who have posted negative comments to reconsider their statements, and instead understand that there IS NO OTHER ORGANIZATION LIKE THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. At times when our government COULD NOT BE THERE for our communities, it was the Red Cross who WAS there. The National Response Plan names the Red Cross to feed and shelter for at least thirty days communities affected by disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. I was there, in the Cajun Dome during Hurricane Katrina, and I can tell you that there WAS NO FEMA for the first eight days--only the Red Cross leading and and local organizations helping, such as the Salvation Army, Southern Baptists, other local church organizations and police. The National Guard, who was in Iraq, could not arrive until three days later.
Before folks are so willing to say negative things about an organization, I would hope they would take the time to stop and learn about all of the wonderful things that it has accomplished. Be part of our Disaster Services Teams worldwide, and join us! Responding to disasters STARTS WITH ALL OF US. All Disaster Services training is offered FREE by your local Chapter. To find your local Chapter, visit redcross.org and enter your zip code.
We are you, join us~!
American Red Cross
Posted by Philip Renaud | February 25, 2008 7:22:30 AM
After being introduced to the RC at a fundraising event, I decided to join their Disaster Action Team DAT. After the apporpriate training: Mission Introduction, CPR/AED, Client Case Work, Mental Health Training, and ect. I became part of a volunteer base who respond 24/7 to local emergencies - predominately home fires. What I saw were families who had little to begin with and who were now standing on the street with nothing. The RC arrived to provide shelter, food, clothing, counseling by volunteer licensed Mental Health workers, and whatever else the clients were in immediate need of. These services were only possible due to the volunteers and the generosity of the American Public. My mind will never forget the face on the terrified young child who smiled when a RC volunteer gave them a teddy bear to take care of, or the man who said to the RC, I don\'t know what I would have done without you. The RC exists through the use of volunteers and donated dollars. Without either the life saving mission would not be possible. Because of the reliance on volunteers, expenses can be kept to a minimum and as stated by Charity Navigator approximately 94 cents of every donated dollar goes to the American people in need whom we serve. It pains me deeply to read how someone who had a bad experience and feels the RC has no value - when it is only the health and safety of our neighbors who will suffer if there were no RC. No one and no organization can be perfect. The reality is that due to the RC thousands of Americans are trained with life saving skills, children are taught leadership skills, victims of disaster are given relief,our blood supply is kept safe and in supply, families are reunited through tracing, military members are given the opportunity to be with their family during a family crisis. The mission is great and the need is great. So remember the person who said I don\'t know what I would have done without you to the American Red Cross
Katrina and Oregon
Posted by Annie | February 21, 2008 6:47:31 AM
After spending hours finding volunteers, paying for supplies, food etc at a Shelter in Portland, Oregon for incoming survivors when no one showed up and the ones that did later were turned down for help. My husband and I took in four families and opened our home and pocketbook up for these people. Some needed major medical help and just the basics. When trying to work through all the paperwork, red tape and horrible customer service from the Red Cross, nothing was done and then received help from the Columbia-Willamette Goodwill job bank we got clothing, rental homes and jobs for these people. I was a very long term volunteer and supporter of the Red Cross, I even volunteered a month of my life after 911 in New York. I am truly disappointed and will never give any money or time to an organization that wastes money and accidentally forgets about what their mission is all about.
past experience
Posted by julietcooks | February 15, 2008 8:55:02 AM
As a volunteer at a local church after Katrina and Rita we could not receive any assistance from the Red Cross since we were not a Red Cross shelter. We did however receive donations from all over the country and were glad to help in any way possible.
Pt 5 - Red Cross & Katrina Recovery
Posted by Brotha Lukata | January 22, 2008 6:44:39 AM
After hearing their stories, she agreed to meet with MDRC members every two weeks until their applications had been processed and to arrange a meeting between them and American Red Cross officials from the head office in Washington, DC to hear their concerns.
The American Red Cross website describes the Means To Recovery Program in the following way: “where a case manager sees an unmet client need within the recovery plan, consideration may be granted to use resources from the Means To Recovery Initiative”. A full deion of the disaster recovery services offered by the American Red Cross can be found on their website at www.redcross.org/services/disaster.
The meeting with American Red Cross’ regional office happened as result of the on going community organizing work initiated by MDRC members. Members have held demonstrations in front of the ARC’s Jackson headquarters for the past year.
Katrina Recovery & Red Cross _ pt 4
Posted by Brotha Lukata | January 22, 2008 6:44:22 AM
Jackson, MS - Part 3
In December of 2007, about 40 Members of MDRC met with Johnson to share stories of waiting for months, and in several cases over a year, for a response from the American Red Cross, regarding their application for assistance. Financial assistance could be requested for things like medical bills, automobile repairs and furniture. Only two people in attendance at the meeting had received assistance through this program. The remaining families are still waiting for a response or have been denied assistance.
The group also cited incidents of racial discrimination and insensitivity on the part of case workers who were assigned to their cases. “Just because we lost everything in the storm does not give them the right to treat us without dignity and respect,” said Wilma Taylor, MDRC organizer.
Johnson initially said that the program was ending in Jackson because the organization decided to spend the remaining funds in South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast region. She acknowledged problems with the administration of the program in Jackson and agreed to work with Katrina survivors in Jackson who had not received adequate assistance for the program.
“One of the big mistakes that we made was that we did not put enough case workers in Jackson,” Johnson admitted to the group. In addition to their Jackson office, American Red Cross contracted with groups such as Catholic Charities to administer the program.
After hearing their stories, she agreed to meet with MDRC members every two weeks until their applications had been processed and to arrange a meeting between them and American Red Cross officials from the head office in Washington, DC to hear their concerns.
The American Red Cross website describes the Means To Recovery Program in the following way: “where a case manager sees an unmet client need within the recovery plan, consideration may be granted to use resources from the Means To Recovery Initiative”.
Red Cross & Katrina Recovery
Posted by Brotha Lukata | January 22, 2008 6:42:49 AM
Jackson, MS-- After promising to work with Hurricane Katrina Survivor’s to resolve their issues with the American Red Cross’ Means To Recovery Program, Marguerite Johnson, Administrator of the Hurricane Recovery Program, resigned from her position at the American Red Cross’ regional office in Alabama. Members of the MS Disaster Relief Coalition learned of Johnson’s resignation from a local caseworker and were told that their applications would not be processed.
Members of MDRC are requesting that the American Red Cross explain the end of the Jackson Means To Recovery Program in a written document. They are also requesting a meeting with Congressman Thompson to ask for a Congressional review of American Red Cross expenditures as a charitable organization.
To add insult to injury for these storm survivors, Governor Haley Barbour has pledged millions of dollars in federal Hurricane Katrina relief money to help fight crime in Hinds County and Jackson. Although the American Red Cross funds are not tied to federal funds, it appears that both the state government and one of the largest non profit relief organizations in the world continue to ignore on-going needs of Hurricane Katrina survivors on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and within other areas of the state that survivors now reside.
Derrick Johnson, President of the MS State Conference NAACP, says that this is the reason that the organization fought so hard during the last two years to pass an Hurricane Katrina Oversight in the state legislature. “This bill would’ve have made sure that communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina had a voice in the distribution of federal funds designed to help people to rebuild their lives,” said Johnson
In December of 2007, about 40 Members of MDRC met with Johnson to share stories of waiting for months, and in several cases over a year, for a response from the American Red Cross, regarding their application for assistance. Financial assistance could be requested for
Repeated CEO turnover seems unreflected in rating
Posted by Mellisa | January 3, 2008 12:16:57 PM
I was surprised to see American Red Cross receive this best of rating given the repeated turnover of their CEO. Does qualitative evaluation of management factor into the ratings? If so, how? Thanks.
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1> 美国红石子费用: 6%
Administrative Expenses 3.3%
Fundraising Expenses 2.5%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.04
2> 美国红石子老板工资, $50万美元.
Human Services : Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
American Red Cross
Responding to disasters and helping Americans prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies
Current Rating Historical Data Comments (14)
Rating
Overall Rating
(69.40)
Organizational Efficiency
Program Expenses 94.0%
Administrative Expenses 3.3%
Fundraising Expenses 2.5%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.04
Efficiency Rating
(39.40)
Organizational Capacity
Primary Revenue Growth 25.2%
Program Expenses Growth 19.0%
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.45
Capacity Rating
(30.00)
Income Statement (FYE 06/2006)
Revenue
Primary Revenue $5,649,623,090
Other Revenue $211,886,286
Total Revenue $5,861,509,376
Expenses
Program Expenses $5,155,862,472
Administrative Expenses $185,048,179
Fundraising Expenses $140,082,265
Total Functional Expenses $5,480,992,916
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $380,516,460
Net Assets $3,185,563,440
Charts
Expenses Breakdown
Revenue/Expenses Trend
Contact Information
American Red Cross
2025 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
tel: (800) 435-7669
TTY: (800) 220-4095
Mail donations to:
P.O. Box 4002018
Des Moines, IA 50340
Contact Email
Visit Web Site
Leadership (FYE 06/2006)
Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Mark W. Everson President, CEO (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $500,000 0.00%
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Mission
The American Red Cross has helped people mobilize to help their neighbors for 126 years. Last year, victims of 72,003 disasters, most of them fires, turned to the Red Cross for help and hope. Through more than 750 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people each year gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world. Almost four million people give blood - the gift of life - through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the U.S. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world\'s most vulnerable people.
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American Red Cross - DC 69.40
Gifts In Kind International - VA 62.38
City Year - MA 64.16
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Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort - TN 64.17
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American Red Cross - DC 69.40
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ARC 94% is misleading
Posted by Mike | May 21, 2008 6:19:45 AM
Martin (April 28th below) is right.
I was an award-winning disaster volunteer, DAT responder, disaster instructor, and eventually a member of the board of the local ARC chapter. For years we quoted that 94% number.
Then about ten years ago some of us looked at the books and realized that well under 10% of our local budget went to local disasters. Huge amounts of office and management overhead were being misreported to national as disaster relief.
ARC has rules about these reports, so we complained. Suits flew in from regional and national, praised the chapter director, and kicked out us complaining board members.
From what we\'ve heard since from other chapters this is quite common. ARC national has rules which are supposed to make the 94% figure trustworthy, but I suspect that any chapter director who reported the true figures wouldn\'t keep his job for long.
Almost every disaster I worked on the food was donated by Salvation Army or St Vincent De Paul, but served by smiling ARC volunteers. ARC never paid for shelter facilities either.
Some financial assistance was given to clients via disbursing orders, and some money went to hotel rooms for ARC volunteers, but most of the funds raised seem to go to overhead.
Clarification
Posted by gbhatnag | May 16, 2008 1:30:53 PM
In the first line of my last post, I mistakenly mentioned Fundraising Efficiency -- that should actually be Program Expenses.
Additionally, in reviewing Martin\'s post, I was wondering if Martin could expound on the statement: after allocating as much OH as possible away from G&A and FR costs (a subjective process fraught with abuse) ... or, provide a reference to information regarding how the RC allocates funds.
Thanks.
Where to donate?
Posted by gbhatnag | May 16, 2008 12:54:30 PM
@Martin: The 94 cents piece of information (Fundraising Efficiency) is a major one in differentiating between various aid organizations on this site. Given that organizations can fudge this number, what do we really have to go on? How can we effectively decide which organizations to donate to? Your post seems to imply that smaller, more local, less centralized organizations are better to donate to. Specifically for the recent international disasters in Myanmar and China, where should we be donating? Finding organizations local to those areas is difficult, getting money directly to them may take a significant amount of time and judging how they use those funds is more difficult than American organizations (given sites like this have access to their tax records; major news about the organizations are covered nationally; etc.).
So, this is a very complex question, but where do we decide where to put our money?
I\'m new to Charity Navigator, so please forgive me if the answer to this question is out there somewhere. A link would be greatly appreciated if so.
Thanks.
How Red Cross disaster dollars are spent
Posted by Martin | April 28, 2008 12:45:03 PM
In response to Philip Renaud\'s comment that approximately 94 cents of every donated dollar goes to the American people in need whom we serve.
A misleading statement at best.
How it really works: after allocating as much OH as possible away from G&A and FR costs (a subjective process fraught with abuse), the remaining expenses --- 94% in the case of the Red Cross --- are deemed to be for mission. However, this does not mean that disaster victims receive these dollars. Far from it.
The sad reality is that with most chapters, somewhere between 50% and 70% of disaster expenses go to build the delivery system for direct financial assistance --- in other words, pay the salaries of staff who administer the programs, and to pay a heavy tax to the national organization for their advice and policy enforcement.
I admire the goals of the Red Cross, but like all giant bureaucracies, its effectiveness is low. This organization, which was once very decentralized, has become increasingly centralized over the past 20 years, with predictable effect. It was once a very nimble grassroots organization with chapters empowered to do whatever local boards felt was best for local communities. Most local chapters are frustrated and even bitter about the result, and those that are not should be.
Now, in the name of efficiencies and being one Red Cross, it is far more centralized and cumbersome. Its performance in Katrina was characteristic of an organization that was looking to its headquarters in Washington DC, trying to abide by thousands of pages of policies and procedures instead of acting decisively on the spot.
The Red Cross will always have a local disaster relief mission (e.g. house fires), but mega-disasters like Katrina will be increasingly run by FEMA, to whom Red Cross will be subordinate. Donors will be better off giving to religious organizations which act far more spontaneously and hence more effectively, IMHO.
funding
Posted by rel house | April 25, 2008 5:39:37 AM
As all the acheivements that the ARC has made is true... it is in fact incorrect to say that it is run and funded by the American people. THe government elects people to be placed on the operating committee and tells the American Red Cross what the money has to go to and how much. So in conclusion, the gov runs the ARC and the people have little say or knowledge on the governments role in this charity.
CEO Statement
Posted by Jenn Carlson | March 11, 2008 1:56:27 PM
The turnover of the Red Cross CEO is likely unreflected in the ratings because there is no other organization that does what the Red Cross does for its communities--the Red Cross it is run, led, and financed BY its communities across America. One or a few people should not tarnish the wonderful work done by the American Red Cross--which is run by the American people. I encourage you to visit redcross.org to learn more about the mission of the Red Cross--a non-profit organization that is 95% volunteer run, led and financed by people in the communities across America.
If you lived it, you would know
Posted by Jenn Carlson | March 11, 2008 1:56:22 PM
Please know the American Red Cross, and all of its Chapters worldwide, are 95% VOLUNTEER RUN AND LED.
Many families in need have been serviced over the years by the Red Cross who have later become volunteers, and are ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL for the assistance they have received.
Complaints about American Red Cross Disaster Services are not complaints about the Red Cross, but rather, a complaints about the community, because Chapters are led and funded BY PEOPLE IN OUR SHARED COMMUNITIES.
The Red Cross is a non-profit organization--its mission being to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. This is a very difficult for an organization run and led by volunteers--COURAGEOUS in fact... :)
I challenge those who have posted negative comments to reconsider their statements, and instead understand that there IS NO OTHER ORGANIZATION LIKE THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. At times when our government COULD NOT BE THERE for our communities, it was the Red Cross who WAS there. The National Response Plan names the Red Cross to feed and shelter for at least thirty days communities affected by disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. I was there, in the Cajun Dome during Hurricane Katrina, and I can tell you that there WAS NO FEMA for the first eight days--only the Red Cross leading and and local organizations helping, such as the Salvation Army, Southern Baptists, other local church organizations and police. The National Guard, who was in Iraq, could not arrive until three days later.
Before folks are so willing to say negative things about an organization, I would hope they would take the time to stop and learn about all of the wonderful things that it has accomplished. Be part of our Disaster Services Teams worldwide, and join us! Responding to disasters STARTS WITH ALL OF US. All Disaster Services training is offered FREE by your local Chapter. To find your local Chapter, visit redcross.org and enter your zip code.
We are you, join us~!
American Red Cross
Posted by Philip Renaud | February 25, 2008 7:22:30 AM
After being introduced to the RC at a fundraising event, I decided to join their Disaster Action Team DAT. After the apporpriate training: Mission Introduction, CPR/AED, Client Case Work, Mental Health Training, and ect. I became part of a volunteer base who respond 24/7 to local emergencies - predominately home fires. What I saw were families who had little to begin with and who were now standing on the street with nothing. The RC arrived to provide shelter, food, clothing, counseling by volunteer licensed Mental Health workers, and whatever else the clients were in immediate need of. These services were only possible due to the volunteers and the generosity of the American Public. My mind will never forget the face on the terrified young child who smiled when a RC volunteer gave them a teddy bear to take care of, or the man who said to the RC, I don\'t know what I would have done without you. The RC exists through the use of volunteers and donated dollars. Without either the life saving mission would not be possible. Because of the reliance on volunteers, expenses can be kept to a minimum and as stated by Charity Navigator approximately 94 cents of every donated dollar goes to the American people in need whom we serve. It pains me deeply to read how someone who had a bad experience and feels the RC has no value - when it is only the health and safety of our neighbors who will suffer if there were no RC. No one and no organization can be perfect. The reality is that due to the RC thousands of Americans are trained with life saving skills, children are taught leadership skills, victims of disaster are given relief,our blood supply is kept safe and in supply, families are reunited through tracing, military members are given the opportunity to be with their family during a family crisis. The mission is great and the need is great. So remember the person who said I don\'t know what I would have done without you to the American Red Cross
Katrina and Oregon
Posted by Annie | February 21, 2008 6:47:31 AM
After spending hours finding volunteers, paying for supplies, food etc at a Shelter in Portland, Oregon for incoming survivors when no one showed up and the ones that did later were turned down for help. My husband and I took in four families and opened our home and pocketbook up for these people. Some needed major medical help and just the basics. When trying to work through all the paperwork, red tape and horrible customer service from the Red Cross, nothing was done and then received help from the Columbia-Willamette Goodwill job bank we got clothing, rental homes and jobs for these people. I was a very long term volunteer and supporter of the Red Cross, I even volunteered a month of my life after 911 in New York. I am truly disappointed and will never give any money or time to an organization that wastes money and accidentally forgets about what their mission is all about.
past experience
Posted by julietcooks | February 15, 2008 8:55:02 AM
As a volunteer at a local church after Katrina and Rita we could not receive any assistance from the Red Cross since we were not a Red Cross shelter. We did however receive donations from all over the country and were glad to help in any way possible.
Pt 5 - Red Cross & Katrina Recovery
Posted by Brotha Lukata | January 22, 2008 6:44:39 AM
After hearing their stories, she agreed to meet with MDRC members every two weeks until their applications had been processed and to arrange a meeting between them and American Red Cross officials from the head office in Washington, DC to hear their concerns.
The American Red Cross website describes the Means To Recovery Program in the following way: “where a case manager sees an unmet client need within the recovery plan, consideration may be granted to use resources from the Means To Recovery Initiative”. A full deion of the disaster recovery services offered by the American Red Cross can be found on their website at www.redcross.org/services/disaster.
The meeting with American Red Cross’ regional office happened as result of the on going community organizing work initiated by MDRC members. Members have held demonstrations in front of the ARC’s Jackson headquarters for the past year.
Katrina Recovery & Red Cross _ pt 4
Posted by Brotha Lukata | January 22, 2008 6:44:22 AM
Jackson, MS - Part 3
In December of 2007, about 40 Members of MDRC met with Johnson to share stories of waiting for months, and in several cases over a year, for a response from the American Red Cross, regarding their application for assistance. Financial assistance could be requested for things like medical bills, automobile repairs and furniture. Only two people in attendance at the meeting had received assistance through this program. The remaining families are still waiting for a response or have been denied assistance.
The group also cited incidents of racial discrimination and insensitivity on the part of case workers who were assigned to their cases. “Just because we lost everything in the storm does not give them the right to treat us without dignity and respect,” said Wilma Taylor, MDRC organizer.
Johnson initially said that the program was ending in Jackson because the organization decided to spend the remaining funds in South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast region. She acknowledged problems with the administration of the program in Jackson and agreed to work with Katrina survivors in Jackson who had not received adequate assistance for the program.
“One of the big mistakes that we made was that we did not put enough case workers in Jackson,” Johnson admitted to the group. In addition to their Jackson office, American Red Cross contracted with groups such as Catholic Charities to administer the program.
After hearing their stories, she agreed to meet with MDRC members every two weeks until their applications had been processed and to arrange a meeting between them and American Red Cross officials from the head office in Washington, DC to hear their concerns.
The American Red Cross website describes the Means To Recovery Program in the following way: “where a case manager sees an unmet client need within the recovery plan, consideration may be granted to use resources from the Means To Recovery Initiative”.
Red Cross & Katrina Recovery
Posted by Brotha Lukata | January 22, 2008 6:42:49 AM
Jackson, MS-- After promising to work with Hurricane Katrina Survivor’s to resolve their issues with the American Red Cross’ Means To Recovery Program, Marguerite Johnson, Administrator of the Hurricane Recovery Program, resigned from her position at the American Red Cross’ regional office in Alabama. Members of the MS Disaster Relief Coalition learned of Johnson’s resignation from a local caseworker and were told that their applications would not be processed.
Members of MDRC are requesting that the American Red Cross explain the end of the Jackson Means To Recovery Program in a written document. They are also requesting a meeting with Congressman Thompson to ask for a Congressional review of American Red Cross expenditures as a charitable organization.
To add insult to injury for these storm survivors, Governor Haley Barbour has pledged millions of dollars in federal Hurricane Katrina relief money to help fight crime in Hinds County and Jackson. Although the American Red Cross funds are not tied to federal funds, it appears that both the state government and one of the largest non profit relief organizations in the world continue to ignore on-going needs of Hurricane Katrina survivors on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and within other areas of the state that survivors now reside.
Derrick Johnson, President of the MS State Conference NAACP, says that this is the reason that the organization fought so hard during the last two years to pass an Hurricane Katrina Oversight in the state legislature. “This bill would’ve have made sure that communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina had a voice in the distribution of federal funds designed to help people to rebuild their lives,” said Johnson
In December of 2007, about 40 Members of MDRC met with Johnson to share stories of waiting for months, and in several cases over a year, for a response from the American Red Cross, regarding their application for assistance. Financial assistance could be requested for
Repeated CEO turnover seems unreflected in rating
Posted by Mellisa | January 3, 2008 12:16:57 PM
I was surprised to see American Red Cross receive this best of rating given the repeated turnover of their CEO. Does qualitative evaluation of management factor into the ratings? If so, how? Thanks.
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