Forum Post: We've reached $1,000,000 in donations!!
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 8, 2011, 2:49 p.m. EST by Slam1263
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And no one knows where it, of the people holding are. No Port-O-lets, no food line, no totals posted on the front page.
well someones getting rich. will they leave the party once they become the 1%.
I've been looking at the other occupy websites and I see no mention of the monies being raised?
Who's bank account is the money going in? What is it being spent on? If the majority of people occupying know nothing about it, then who does?
This is the beginning of the end if these monies cannot be accounted for
Too bad those who have the money will probably just delete this thread and hope everybody else keeps their heads in the sand.
I don' care of this, ideas are more precious than money...
This is very disturbing to not know who's controlling this event and the money from donations. I would say cease all donations till people come forward and receipts are posted online.
Goddammit people. Stop donating if you don't know EXACTLY where it's going.
Donate food, supplies, ideas or time. Electronic transactions of dollars are what got us into this mess.
The bankers are behind the protests. The international bankers that is, including Bernanke, Geithner, and the Federal Reserve. You are playing into their hands. Anyone ever heard of Stalin?
I came to this site Friday night to offer my assistance as a non-profit organizer. I can do basic coding of web pages, accounting, and other functions.
Mainly I wanted to get some sanitation facilities out to Zucotto (sic) park.
In a matter of about 20 minutes I found over 15 contact listings, and left vmail and email on every one of them.
24 hours later, no response. They aren't even updating the site anymore.
Where did everyone, and the "tens of thousands" http://afgj.org/?p=1765#more-1765 of dollars go?
Well, the General Assembly never was in the US, they are operating out of a hotel room somewhere in Nicaragua, and the money has been deposited in a Central American bank.
How could the people do this to our citizens, how can members of our government support this?
They have to know, it only took me 20 minutes to find out, and they had days and hundreds of people on their staffs.
Good thing that a 1%'er George Soros is funneling money to OWS. Seems to be the exact kind of whoring that these wackos are complaining about.
Also the amount is not impotant, 1mil or 1k, what is important is where is it going, what is it being spent on and who holds the pursestrings. In a pure democracy, this info should be available and known. Are the committee members acting on the behalf of the rest without consultation? Or are they unaware themselves?
Winder if this thread is to close to the truth and will be deleted?
It needs to be addressed, on the front page.
All you have to do is look at who owns this website to figure out where the money is going
You can all go home now. I'm going to wall street to invest the money youv'e donated
where are the sub forums ?
Too Funny! If true, you should be able to buy a shiltload of pamphlets...eh?
Congratulations. OWS is now part of the 1%.
How do you know this?
I'm curious too.. could always be a trolling attempt.
Regardless of the dollar amount, do you know where the donations are going? Who is keeping track of them? What are they buying? Where is this transparency and accountability you've all been preaching?
Ironic if true. This is where reality can be hard, in the leaderless movement, money is coming in to support the cause and the majority never knows about it or where it goes. The unknown forces are making decisions for the majority, because they know better how to use it, earning money off the peoples efforts.
If true, then it has only taken a few weeks for this to be destroyed.
Yeah, that is true. I personally wouldn't donate money, only goods. We do need transparency.
That is likely what it is but for a group demanding open government it should at least provide some info as to where these solicited donations are going.
My point is, people come onto these forums all the time and make baseless claims to upset people.
Imagine how we will feel to find our "Dear Leaders", have split with the funds?
Regardless of wrongdoing, this movement has no leaders and has taken on a life of its own, so if some money was lost (which I doubt) it won't kill the movement.
Isn't ignoring wrongdoing what you are protesting? Allowing a crafty few to make off with thousands of innocent people's money seems to go against everything the protest is supposed to stand for.
If we are "leaderless", who is collecting the money?
This will crush some of the people, disillusion them to future participation.
I'd assume whoever set up the site collects the money. Still, where is your proof of $1m being donated?
If someone did make off with the money, it would be a hard lesson in corruption and might even strengthen the movement. Even those who are on our side are susceptible to greed - society and rules have to keep them in check.
The call to action, i.e. $1,000,000.00, is just that. Over a dozen of us were tweeting with them, and as soon as the question of funds came up, no reply. No denial, no explanation, not a word.
I did hear about 2 weeks ago they were buying a bunch of Macs with it or something stupid. But.. the site is still up and the movement is still growing, people are online 24/7 to moderate chat and the forums. Perhaps we need a site that lists where all the money is going.. even the US gov't is more transparent.
5 hours, no response. Show us the money. 5 hours, no response, Show us the money. 5 hours, no response. Show us the money.
Start chanting people!!
It would help more if there was someone actually at the protest to get this message around. Us typing on our computers probably won't do much to educate the masses.
I am in the park, try to get answers. There is no one here but a bunch of know nothing people.
I can't even get them to chant; 5 hours, and no response. Show us the money!!
Raise it at the GA you dolt.
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If they are using Paypal, the codeing is free. But no one will answer my requests for info.
I don' care of this, ideas are more precious than money...
Here's a tip. Ideally someone who is collecting the money set up a tax-exempt corporation to accept the donations. That's just how it's done. Non-profits are corporations that are exempt from paying taxes. The good news is, that non-profits have to provide the public with a copy of the tax return they file annually. It is called a federal Form 990. Most federal Form 990s are posted on guidestar.org. So find out who is paying for the site, find out the name of the corporation they set up to accept the funds, and when they file their tax return this year you can find out exactly what the money was spent on.
If you have any questions about this process just respond to my post here and I will help you understand the process of finding their 990 and figuring out what the money is spent on.
Meanwhile, you can view the 990s of other corporations that are directly involved with the OWS movement. A big supporter is the Working Families Party, aka "Working Families Organization, Inc." Yes - the "Inc." part stands for "corporation". So they are the Working Families Organization Corporation. Search for them on guidestar.org and find out exactly how they are spending your donated money! It takes all of 5 mins.
i don't care of, idea is more precious than money ever...
thank you for this
Perhaps the "$1 Million in donations" is real -- maybe not. I'm sure there are those against this movement who have been and will be posting comments merely to cause internal turmoil and suspicion. Remember, this movement is new, and growing every day; obviously, there are many critical things yet to be ironed out. It is unrealistic to think this could run without a hiccup from Day 1. The essential things right now are to find a capable leader and a clear message. Once this happens, the movement will skyrocket.
Perhaps the "$1 Million in donations" is real -- maybe not. I'm sure there are those against this movement who have been and will be posting comments merely to cause internal turmoil and suspicion. Remember, this movement is new, and growing every day; obviously, there are many critical things yet to be ironed out. It is unrealistic to think this could run without a hiccup from Day 1. The essential things right now are to find a capable leader and a clear message. Once this happens, the movement will skyrocket.
I just feel we have been used hard by a bunch of greedy pukes. And if we don't address it, and denounce them, we are screwed.
Tough luck, suckers. So naive.
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This was a real possibility from the start, it should not disenfranchise, but motivate to fix these problems.
Hi all.
I am delivering Water bottles and limited food as money allows. I dropped my life saving of 9k into this before I even accepted any donations.
If you want to know where your money is going, mail me here:
(paypal) OccupyNY@gmail.com
I am currently buying fresh fruit and Water...seems to be needed the most.
Just caut and paste the info here, but please remove any identifiable information. Maybe you can help with the sanitation issues. 5 gallon buckets to use as toilets is better than using the flower beds.
True, there is no accountability, and although I'm all in favor of taking down today's ineffective and inefficient Top 10% Management Group of Business & Government in order to get that accountability, there's only one way to do it – by fighting bankers as bankers ourselves. Consequently, I have posted the Strategic Legal Policies, Organizational Operating Structures, and Tactical Investment Procedures necessary to do this at:
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good use the money to get permits to get toilets, clean water and sanitation
then implement the action plan:
https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/
You guys have a treasurer?
Yes, in Nicaragua.
That sucks!
Donations is needed to rebuild infrastructure. It is suggested to hand them down directly to each Occupational camp directly.
The money is gone!! It doesn't even matter.
Donations don't have to be money based. Showing Love by support in any way, Food, clothes, shelter etc... is preferable over money. Money is useless and meaningless.
The Love in Humanity's heart ♥ is worth much much more, it is inexhaustible, and the most abundant Natural Resource to give!
Find others on the forums to band together to rent portable showers and toilets. Do not give any money to the organizers.
Congratz on the $1 million in donations so far! Hooray for Capitalism! Do you get it now?
The "funny" thing to me is many love to have a grass-roots protest, no organization, spontaneous, etc. But very quickly many realize that to be successful on their purpose they have NO CHOICE to become organized and thus "I have seen the enemy, and he is me..." because now they are an "organization".
I want to send a $100 check, but the only contact info I see is a UPS store address and the notice that they only accept money-orders or cash. So, I'll wait...
Try to get a few donations together to rent some portable showers and toilets. Do Not Give Money To The Organizers, They Are Not Even In The US.
Soros has been busy writing out checks. He's in control now...
Where are the porta-potties and portable showers?
This place is out of control already..... What can we do?
You know, it would be a big kick in the teeth is somebody suckered people into donating money.
Where is a list of names, anyhow, of those who are in charge of these sorts of things?
They won't reply anymore. Please!! Someone answer!!! Just give us a screen name, a hotmail, gmail account anything.
5 hours of silence from those that have collected the money. 5 hours, and no one reponse.
I have a non-profit, I am offering my services to help them set one up, so they don't have to pay TAXES, on these donations. I can code, I can do the books, I can rent some damned portable toilets, and showers.
But NO ONE will contact me. Where is the money.
Yeah, I donated, that would be really good to know.
Set up food and shelter stations, feed these people. and keep them warm. And give them access to the internet.