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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m telling you — these guys are shady.

I have been skeptical for years about the non-profit they run, Legacy Collective.

They claim it’s a non-profit but the money gets funneled to another non-profit, Pure Charity, which is basically a tech company that makes online fundraising portals for other non-profits (and takes their cut on top). Their website is heavy on the church words, light on actual details.

Pure Charity is what shows up on your tax deduction, not Legacy Collective. But Legacy Collective employs a CEO, Brandon was the “managing director” and other staff. So they grab a cut of the money before they pass it on...

So for $1000/month you get to give money to the Hatmakers through another company and you get the benefit of having it twice siphoned off to help the needy as determined by their very white “board.” And if you give at the $1000/month level you get to go to the Hatmakers house in Buda and have them pretend to be your friend.

The tax info goes to Pure Charity which shows contributions and disbursements but it doesn’t show what came from Legacy Collective and what was collected elsewhere. Legacy Collective claims to have given $3million away — but there isn’t an easy way to verify that from tax filings and a lot of money goes to other funds so we have no idea how much money was collected or reached the hands of the needy.

The Legacy Collective shows disbursements on their website— at different times — for the same amount. $26,316.

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I thought let the same!  Didn’t research as much as you. But, it always struck me as a bit insulting, actually.  Their premise: Give is your money, because, after all, you’re too stupid to research and give to worth organizations on Your own... so, we’ll collect all your money, pool it with a bunch of other schmucks, skim off the top and give some away to causes we think are worthy.  Don’t worry, we’re smarter than you and will make your money count. Yeah— count my money as it lines your pockets. [/quote]

It doesn’t make sense if they are routing money to a separate 501c3 to also have a CEO. What are you chief of? Does Pure Charity pay them or LC? Their website lists “administrative costs” as one of the ways they use the money — but a CEO is far different than an admin making sure paperwork gets filed.

I also think it’s bullshit to give money to a fund who funds funds ... if each pass takes 10% for admin fees and then CC processing fees your dollar is probably whittled down to pennies of impact. [/quote]

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