Posts by Elizabeth Sanderson

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  • Hard News: Where your money goes,

    Ummm - I wasn't talking about Kids Can i was talking about the Doug Howlett Outreach Foundation, and the anomolies that are strange at best, and ??? at worst. It is beyond the pale that the Doug Howlett Foundation spent more on salaries than it earned in income (to Julie and Karl) and record a $42,000 loss for the year. By my reckoning, that is a 0% amount given to charitable purposes when you consider that these losses will have to absorbed by fundraising income raised in the following year - meaning even less for charitable purposes. Ask any charity in NZ (or any business in the world for that matter) - recording a loss twice what you earned, and paying out salaries higher than what you earned is not acceptable.

    Auckalnd • Since Aug 2009 • 14 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Where your money goes,

    Hi Dave, something else I think is strange.... It mentions a couple of grand in costs for a website. Thing is I haven't been able to FIND any website for the Doug Howlett Foundation.... ??? HUH?

    Auckalnd • Since Aug 2009 • 14 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Where your money goes,

    Plus - I note that the Doug Howlett Foundation paid $9,000 rent in 2008. Where was it paid to - the Kidscan charity? How can they justify this? Sounds like this Julie girl is a very smart, cunning person who has figured out how to 'milk the system' legally. Wonder what her last tax return showd she and her husband earned...

    Auckalnd • Since Aug 2009 • 14 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Where your money goes,

    What I want to know is this. How come the Doug Howlett Foundation's registered address is the Kidscan's address? I also note that Julie and her husband are two of the 3 Board members. What I find most interesting of all is that the Foundation had 2 part time staff members earning a total $39,928.94. It would appear that these part time staff are in fact Julie and her husband. What gets me most of all is the sheer gall of the fact the in the same year the charity only raised $28,250 in income! Excuse me? Julie and her husband paid themselves a part time salary that was more than what was raised? Sounds to me like this is a legal - but entirely unethical - way for Julie and her husband to earn additional income over and above her Kidscan salary. Makes me also wonder what other 'personal income streams' is she getting?

    Auckalnd • Since Aug 2009 • 14 posts Report Reply

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