Comments on: Important Poll: Where To Donate Proceeds Of Jungle Stix?

By: Shelby

Shelby — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:49:30 +0000

Greg & Gen, Happy holidays & thanks again for trying to make a difference. Maybe it’s too late to be considered as one of the charity organizations but just food for thought :

All Hands – http://www.hands.org

All Hands Volunteers is a US-based, non-profit organization, which addresses the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters by engaging volunteers, partner organizations and local communities. We aim to demonstrate the power and value of volunteering through the tangible work done, the hope it brings to suffering communities, and the transformative experiences it provides for volunteers.

By: Albert

Albert — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:04:25 +0000

Greg,
Does Amazon require any documentation to validate the charitable donation? We are thinking about doing the same with our first product and wanted to promote it in the Title and Bullet Points. Do you think this would violate any of Amazon’s TOS?
Thanks
A.

By: Neemah

Neemah — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 06:06:53 +0000

Can we add Pediatric Therapy Network? PTN, located in Torrance CA is a non-profit organization that provides therapeutic services to children with developmental disability.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:38:51 +0000

Wounded Warriors spends a great deal on advertising/marketing (on TV, internet), which is why everybody has heard of them. But there has long been questions regarding the validity of actual charitable expenditures. Much less than what charitynavigation shows actually goes to the vets whom this organization purports to provide support services for. The executive director himself draws a salary of $473,000 (2014-15).

While it does take more money to run a larger organization and create awareness, it also creates opportunities for those who run it at the highest level (senior execs) to profit off of philanthropy to a greater degree than smaller organizations with lower operating costs. Wounded Warriors does some good work, but I won’t give my money to them because very little actually goes to the advertised services.

Likewise, a much greater amount of your money is better utilized if you donate to local animal SPCA facilities, rather than donating to the umbrella ASPCA (again, most of your donations will go to producing those sad commercials on TV that get you to open your wallet while little goes to pay for the services that actually take care of the animals).

One of many articles pointing to the controversies surrounding Wounded Warriors. They’ve been suspect for a good while now and many of my business colleagues will not give to them after investigating.

http://ivn.us/2014/04/22/controversy-surrounds-veterans-charity-white-house-connections/

From the article:
…”What raised a flag for the consultant was the bonus pay, plus a $21-million payout to the charity’s 248-member staff — especially given that it paid more than $1 million to consult with a professional fundraising firm that year.”

By: Gen Furukawa

Gen Furukawa — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:06:37 +0000

In reply to Fahad Raja.

Hi Fahad, the next webinar will be on Tuesday 12/8 at 3p EST/12n Pacific. you can register at https://www.junglescout.com/collaborative-launch to get the log in details!

By: Gen Furukawa

Gen Furukawa — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:05:34 +0000

In reply to Bergundy Atkinson. Hi Bergundy, we have added St. Jude so make sure to get your vote in!

By: Gen Furukawa

Gen Furukawa — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:05:08 +0000

In reply to Jim Williams. Great idea, Jim, St Jude has been added! Thanks for the suggestion.

By: Fahad Raja

Fahad Raja — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:36:28 +0000

When is the next webinar? Keep up the great work guys really enjoying it.

By: Bergundy Atkinson

Bergundy Atkinson — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 05:47:50 +0000

Yes! Yes! Exactly what I was thinking Jim Williams.

By: Gen Furukawa

Gen Furukawa — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:31:34 +0000

In reply to Tamim. Hi Tamim, Thanks for letting us know, please just click the poll above to make sure your vote is registered!