There are around 1.6 million non-profit organizations in this country.\u00a0 Of those, upwards of 65,000 include the word \u201cveterans\u201d in their title.\u00a0 With so many seeking donations, it is more important than ever to be confident that when you give to a veteran charity your donation will actually be used to help our veterans.<\/p>\n
Many people assume that if an organization has been granted 501(c)(3) status by the IRS, it went through a stringent application and review process and must therefore be legitimate.\u00a0 However, the truth is that there is minimal oversight of the process of creating a non-profit organization.\u00a0 In fact, the IRS recently simplified the application for 501(c)(3) tax exemption from 12 pages (plus schedules) down to only 3 pages.<\/p>\n
\u00a0With almost no ongoing oversight, many of these groups use only a very small portion of donation money to fund products and services for veterans.\u00a0 Worse still, there are fraudulent organizations (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are around 1.6 million non-profit organizations in this country.\u00a0 Of those, upwards of 65,000 include the word \u201cveterans\u201d in their title.\u00a0 With so many seeking donations, it is more important than ever to be confident that when you give…<\/span><\/p>\n