The Wounded Warrior Project: Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Today’s episode is all about The Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit that may have permanently ruined their reputation. Let's find out how. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Hello and
0:25.0	today's episode of the Corporate Casket. My name is Blair and today we're going to be taking a look at a nonprofit that a lot of people probably still like.
0:32.0	We're going to be taking a look at the Wounded Warrior Project.
0:35.8	Now obviously if they were a truly good charity doing good things still I would not be covering them as a topic. So obviously things have gone from good to bad and we're going to take a look at that spiral downhill. So let's get into it. Wounded Warrior Project was founded in 2003 in Renoke, Virginia by John Melia.
1:10.0	John was founded in 2002, but the website itself states they were founded in 2003, so that's where I'm going.
1:27.6	The point is, they haven't been around all that long.
1:30.5	They also say on Question 17 of their FAQ that Wounded Warrior Project is a
1:35.9	nonpartisan operation and we don't take a stance on the war. We believe that
1:40.4	regardless of your politics or beliefs the men and women in our nation's
1:43.7	military have made tremendous personal sacrifices on our behalf and deserve our
1:48.7	respect and any assistance we can provide it's about the warrior not the war. And I can agree with that
1:55.2	honestly. They're only one charity and they started out as a small grassroots
1:59.6	effort so they aren't trying to help all veterans simply the newly injured who may be in
2:04.3	desperate need of services and as per usual when we talk about nonprofits there is
2:09.4	some good that they do they are a charity they are a nonprofit after all they have done good things for good
2:16.1	people and I should and will absolutely acknowledge those good things and I'm not going to criticize W.W.P. for not helping every single veteran,
2:26.4	just like I won't criticize Make a Wish for not being able to grant wishes to every single
2:30.8	kid or not granting wishes to adults.
2:33.7	If a charity has one set focus, that is absolutely fine.
2:37.8	I do just want to make that clear.
2:40.0	Anyway, in 2005, the United Spinal Association of New York granted $2.7 million to the Wounded
2:46.8	Warrior Project to become a standalone charity with its own identity and program since originally
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