It's disappointing to see kids out doing fund raising to pay for a MADD CEO who takes home $6Million a year.
$6M would go a long way to increase awareness.
Found this from 06 and 08
From 2006
So of 12 Million raised about 10 Million went where?
MADD's `exorbitant costs' anger charity's volunteers - thestar.com
People who donate to Mothers Against Drunk Driving are told by the charity that most of the $12 million it raises annually is spent on good works — stopping drunk driving and helping families traumatized by fatal crashes.
But a Star investigation reveals most of the high-profile charity's money is spent on fundraising and administration, leaving only about 19 cents of each donor dollar for charitable works.
MADD chief executive officer Andrew Murie defends the expenses, saying the paid telemarketers and door-knockers are actually performing good works because they educate the public as they ask for cash. That's a defence Canada's top charity regulator rejects
From 2008
MADD's Metro board quits in funding spat
The future of MADD's Greater Vancouver chapter has been thrown into doubt after its board of directors resigned.
MADD director John Banovich said the six-member board quit June 1 over fundraising difficulties.
"We certainly have been challenged with fundraising, as a chapter," Banovich told The Province. "There was really no alternative."
National CEO Andrew Murie said from Toronto that the board resigned after it was told its annual grant was to be cut from $10,000 to $6,000, because of falling donations. In the year to June 2007, MADD Canada raised $6.6 million through fundraising, but paid $4.1 million, or 63 per cent, to professional fundraisers. Salaries and benefits were $1.8 million, including one salary of at least $119,999, and two between $80,000 and $119,999.
