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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Veterans "support" organization IRS documents reveal only 6.6 percent for veterans

Veterans Support Organization volunteer quits non-profit following Investigators story
10:36 PM, Dec 20, 2011

Written by
Noah Pransky

TAMPA, Florida - After a 10 News Investigators story exposed the outrageous spending habits of a local non-profit, one fundraiser says the story confirmed suspicions she had developed while working for the group. There's even more to the story than first reported.

Sandra Miller, 49, contacted 10 News after she quit the Veterans Support Organization (VSO) because it couldn't fully explain where money donated for local veterans was actually going.

The initial Investigators' report showed the VSO - collecting this holiday season in local malls - raking in upwards of $1,000 a day per location from holiday shoppers. But the VSO's most recently-submitted IRS documents reveal only 6.6 percent of the group's $5.7 million in revenues go toward the grants and veteran assistance programs they tout to donors. Instead, huge payments went to the group's founder ($255,698), office expenses ($240,995), travel ($154,332), and uniforms for solicitors ($71,860).

"The owner of this company makes almost $300,000 a year?" Miller asked rhetorically. "How dare he? We're out there working our asses off for a cause that, personally, I believed in."
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