On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:57:03 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>Today, I received a large envelope appealing for money from the Disabled
>Veterans National Foundation. The envelope enclosed a note pad holder
>with an attached rather large simple calculator and a ball pen.
>The calculator was impressive to look at but rather basic in capabilities.
>
>I looked them up in Charity Watch where I see they received an F rating,
>with 85% of the funds they received being spent on fund raising. What
>are they trying to do?

The admin etc. are maintaining their little fiefdom and respective
jobs/incomes. Quite typical of charities in this day and age and why I
keep my charity work strictly local, with local people I know.