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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They do have a paid staff. I'm not sure what they do that keeps them busy full time. It's unclear what part of the contributions and payments they receive are used for scholarships. I thought that was the whole reason the fee was so high, to supplement families who couldn't afford it.  I don't have a problem with that, but their outreach to kids who need financial aid seems very lacking.[/quote]

Actually, it's incredibly clear if you look at the 990s that they file with the IRS and have voluntarily posted to Guidestar.  These documents provide very clear data regarding the amount of money put towards scholarships each year, the amount of money involved in organizing and executing races that involve literally thousands and thousands of participants, the amount of money paid for licensing the copyrighted curriculum from International headquarters, the amount of money paid to staff to run the programs including training coaches, background checks and CPR training for coaches, etc...

I think the websites of all three local programs list the schools where they currently exist - you can identify how many Title I schools.  That plus the financial data regarding scholarships which are available to economically disadvantaged students at all schools, not just Title I, gives you an example of that outreach.

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How do you know the organization voluntarily uploaded their 990?  The IRS posts 990s to guidestar.  I've never posted my organization's 990 there and yet it appears there by magic every year.  I do see the curriculum cost of just over $9 grand.  Not much toward curriculum given all they are taking in.  GOTR is too expensive in my opinion given that all coaches are volunteers. [/quote]

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