Posted by
Defend America on Friday, March 19, 2010 9:43:50 PM
Via Big Government:
Dear Friends of Freedom Alliance:
This week, false and malicious allegations about Freedom Alliance
were posted on the Internet and we want to address them with you. We
don’t know the motivation for these vicious smears, but we will not
allow them to go unanswered.
First, we want to thank you for your support and assure you that
Freedom Alliance’s record of financial stewardship and programmatic
achievements not only meets, but exceeds standards of program
efficiency set by most charity evaluators. We are extraordinarily proud
of our work at Freedom Alliance and stand by our efforts 100 percent.
False Accusations
1. The blog posting accuses
our friend Sean Hannity of personally benefiting from Freedom Alliance.
This is FALSE. Freedom Alliance has never provided planes, hotels,
cars, limos, or anything else to Sean. Sean gets nothing from Freedom
Alliance except our gratitude for his personal generosity and for all
he has done to help the troops and our organization. We have never had
to ask Sean for anything, he always generously offers his help before
we have a chance to ask him. But to be clear Sean pays for all his own
transportation, hotels, and all related expenses for himself and his
family and friends and staff, which over the years has added up to tens
of thousands of dollars. He does not use any Freedom Alliance Funds or
Concert funds in any way, period.
2. Sean Hannity has
contributed $100,000 to the Wounded Warriors Foundation, over $200,000
to the Freedom Alliance, and over tens of thousands of dollars to other
military charities and individuals. We only make this information
public because of the outrageous slander against him. Sean has no
management or operational involvement in, or control over, Freedom
Alliance. He has been a selfless patriot in his efforts to raise funds
for the education of children of armed services personnel.
3. The blog posting accuses
Freedom Alliance of spending less than 20% of money raised on program
activities. This is FALSE. Listed below are the amounts that Freedom
Alliance spent for each of the past three years and the categories on
which they were spent. The figures are taken from our Federal Form 990
which is filed with the Internal Revenue Service and posted on our web
site and audited by an independent auditor using Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles. This financial record not only meets, but
exceeds standards of program efficiency set by most charity evaluators.
4. In 2008, Freedom Alliance spent a total of $6,745,717. Of that:
http://biggovernment.com/falliance/2010/03/19/freedom-alliance-responds-to-allegations-against-sean-hannity/