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ratinthecellar t1_iwtsbkw wrote

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but they're donating to a food bank this weekend! (donating OP's wages I guess)

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Deslah t1_iwu3swx wrote

Sorry, but food banks in the United States are just another business. People like to call them "non-profit", but that's just their taxation status. Their own staff and the businesses they partner with 'profit' very greatly. (Of course, they're served by good-hearted volunteers who don't bother to look behind the curtain.)

In this case, Jersey Mike is donating 20 percent of sales for one weekend to "FEEDING AMERICA®". And FEEDING AMERICA®'s CEO earns very close to $1 million a year.

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, the top executive at Feeding America — which represents food banks — got a raise of nearly $154,000 in the group's 2021 fiscal year, bringing her total compensation to $969,325.

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Psychological-Ad8175 t1_iwu9q1q wrote

Very true about many non profits. I found one non profit that was organized to take donations to pay for fuel for some guys private jet.

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the_last_carfighter t1_iwuhx5o wrote

It's funny how just yesterday my dentist and I were discussing how nearly everything in the USA is basically a scam to funnel money to the elite. Started off discussing how wholly inadequate dental insurance is.

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bubblegumdavid t1_iwvvma8 wrote

Nonprofit is my academic field and field of work and I promise those of us who give a crap about the causes work really hard to try to fix it :(

My advice is always to look at charity navigator for info on a nonprofit’s reliability, and whenever possible (just like in the private sector) give to someplace local! I’ve only ever worked for state level or smaller focused organizations and programs, and from the top down we all are not making much money and give crazy hours and effort to our missions. Once where I worked my executive director was mopping the homeless shelter because we needed an extra hand.

TLDR: Pls don’t discount the whole sector because the big guys suck, us smaller orgs give a crap and work crazy hard and usually make a LOT under what we’d make in the private sector to do something we care about

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Keizman55 t1_iww6oy6 wrote

Thanks. I volunteer for Monmouth County Food Bank (Fulfil). There are paid staff because the place couldn’t run or be funded without them, but we really help many people who are struggling. Giant warehouse, fleet of trucks, well organized. I enjoy delivering food to my area. Have met some really nice people who have been caught up hardships for health or other reasons.

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