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Buddhist Global Relief Annual Fundraiser

Buddhist Global Relief Annual Fundraiser
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14-10-4 下午3:52
Hi all,

This is the time of year that Buddhist Global Relief (BGR) has their large fundraiser, an organization founded by the scholar-practitioner monk Bhikkhu Bodhi. You can also designate them as a charity on Amazon, if you like, and a percent of purchases goes to their work.

You can easily see how BGR alloates monies by just scrolling down any of  BGR's web pages, where they have a pie graph of spending, https://buddhistglobalrelief.org.

Their specific fiscal records of spending are also easily available in a click so you can assess how they spend your donations: https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/active/financialInfo.html 

For example: here is their IRS Form 990 for 2013: https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/documents/FinancialDocuments/BGR_990_FYE_2013-06-30.pdf and in lines 14 and 15 of "Expenses" one can quickly see no salaries or benefits were given. This is a volunteer group.

91% of their funds are directly applied to their projects, like "Making markets for women" in Bangladesh [1] and rice intensification.


Here are the walk dates.

Save the Date
Ann Arbor, MiSat. Sept. 27
Escondido, CAThur. Oct. 23
Houston, TXSat. Nov. 22
Los Angeles, CASun. Oct. 26
New York, NYSat. Nov. 1 
San Francisco, CASat. Oct. 4
San Jose, CASun. Oct. 19
Seattle, WASat. Sep. 6
St. Louis, MOSun. Oct. 5
Willington, CTSun. Nov. 9

I try to walk in NY, but may also make CT this year.



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[1] Relatedly, but not BGR, see also Nicholas Kristof's article in the NYTimes of the effect to war and peace when women/girls around the world also are educated in secular core subjects (math, science, reading..)