Bills Fans are doing the donation thing again!

[Ann]

 

https://twitter.com/Nocked6/status/1471542670593978368

[Ann]

This stinks for the foundation. I understand they have a contract, but they did little to nothing to earn the fees from this fundraise.

 

More than 17,000 donors, in a display of grassroots generosity that snowballed on social media, combined to raise $442,000 for the Andy and Jordan Dalton Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the football player and his wife to benefit seriously ill and physically challenged children and their families.
 

A monthslong investigation by The Buffalo News found that nearly a quarter of the money – about $100,000 – went to the company that managed the nonprofit, a far larger share than is customary, according to industry experts.
 

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What makes Prolanthropy different from its competition is it offers professional athletes a ready-made charity. For the 22.5% fee, it handles everything from fundraising to event management to bookkeeping to public relations.

 

But the financial ramifications of its approach were magnified by Bills fans' spontaneous donations, which required no fundraising campaign.
 

"A management company should never enjoy a windfall just because a charity happened to have a good year in terms of raising donations," said Laurie Styron, the executive director of CharityWatch, a nonprofit watchdog group. "Nonprofit means nonprofit."
 

Capture Sports Marketing, which handles all aspects of nonprofit management other than legal and accounting work, charges a range of percentages depending on the project. Its founder, Chellee Siewert, declined to reveal specific figures but said the company has never come close to charging 22.5%. Its fundraising fee is based on net revenue, not gross like Prolanthropy, and it does not take a percentage of unsolicited donations "because that's not fundraising that we did," she said.  
 

The Players Philanthropy Fund, founded by former Ravens kicker Matt Stover, handles financial work for more than 300 athletes, but does not run events or fundraise. Stover said it charges 6%.
 

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[Ann]

This is nice...
 

 

[Ann]

Giants fans getting in on  the act:

[Taro T]

Chefs fans getting in on the act too.

 

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/chiefs-fans-donate-more-than-178-000-to-oishei-childrens-hospital-many-in-13-increments/article_2b378128-7e0a-11ec-bacf-870c52b26d3b.html

 

[Ann]

Buffalo Bills All-Pro Cornerback Tre'davious White hosts second food giveway
 

Shreveport-native and Buffalo Bills All-Pro Cornerback, Tre'davious White, held his second public food giveaway Saturday, for families in need at Southern University in Shreveport.
 

The first food distribution was held in December 2021, but was interrupted by bad weather. A rally from around the country through the Buffalo Bills support group, Bills Mafia Babes, asked fans on social media to donate $27, which is White's jersey number.
 

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Over $125,000 was raised for the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, which funded the food drive.
 

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[Ann]

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[Foxx]

39 minutes ago, Ann said:

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Nice to see Sean's wife.