So apparently Bristol Palin was paid over 200K to be part of the teen pregnancy non profit organization yet they organization only gave out about 35K in funds to help the teens. http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/05/bristol-palin-profiteer-teen-pregnancy/
Didn't think it needed to be in the debate section, but after thinking about it I have a feeling it might get to the point where it might get moved lol.
That was my thought when I first put this on the board. It's simply a matter or shady business and non profit organizations money. There is no political tones or anything of that matter in the article.
In other words, the people writing the grants (especially corporate) should be doing their due diligence.
Well, I suppose we can debate whether or not there is anything to debate and whether or not that debate, in and of itself, counts as a debate or not.
This is a pretty common percentage of pass through for most "charities". You really need to research which ones to support.
I think anything linking to thinkprogress probably needs to go to D&D. Here's a statement from Candie's Foundation in response to criticism: [rquoter]Candie's Foundation Statement on Bristol Palin Compensation For ten years, The Candie's Foundation has been working to prevent teen pregnancy by producing and funding celebrity-driven print, television, radio and online public service announcements. Ms. Palin was compensated for her work with the foundation, which included appearing in video and print PSAs, two town hall meetings, and numerous media interviews. The message of the foundation about teen pregnancy prevention has generated more than ONE BILLION media impressions – tremendous reach for any teen pregnancy prevention campaign. We know that Ms. Palin's work has had a positive effect on teens. In a recent independent national survey of 1,000 teens that compared a Bristol Palin PSA with those of another national teen pregnancy organization that use non-famous teens, more than twice as many teens (57% vs. 27%) said Bristol's PSA "got my attention", three times as many (41% vs. 11%) said it was "powerful", and more than twice as many (38% vs. 16%) said it was "memorable". Bristol Palin is one of dozens of celebrities who has worked with the foundation. She has been a courageous and powerful partner to the foundation as we attempt to discourage teen pregnancy.[/rquoter] And here's a little About Us from the same site: [rquoter]About the Candie's Foundation The Candie's Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to shape the way youth in America think about teen pregnancy and parenthood. The foundation develops and runs celebrity-driven communication campaigns to raise awareness about, and motivate teens to prevent, teen pregnancy. These campaigns are working. Research conducted with Seventeen magazine found that teen girls who have been exposed to the foundation and its messages are more likely to view teen pregnancy and parenthood as stressful and something to avoid, and they are more likely to be skeptical of positive media portrayals of teen pregnancy and parenting. The Candie's Foundation is an operating foundation rather than a grant-making foundation. It is a non-ideological, non-partisan organization that supports both abstinence and safe sex messages.[/rquoter] It seems to me that thinkprogress wants to misconstrue and misrepresent this foundation as some kind of nonprofit that merely funnels money from donors to operators. That doesn't appear to be the case. And, if someone was tempted to think of the organization as some sort of NGO vehicle to pay Bristol Palin some money (like I was initially), they've been around for a decade, was started by the owner of Candie's (that store for kids), and (according to the site) have also done similar campaigns with Hayden Panettiere, Beyoncé, Ciara, Jenny McCarthy, Vanessa Minnillo, Ashley Tisdale, Hilary Duff, Ashlee Simpson, Usher, Rachel Bilson, and Teddy Geiger. IOW, I think thinkprogress is full of ****.
So apparently the organization is not good with money and Bristol knows how to negotiate a contract really well.
Glancing at the comments section of the ThinkProgress piece has given me a new appreciation for our own D&D. Thanks for the info, JV. I'm always surprised how much "celebs" get paid to endorse causes they believe in. What a wacky world.
