http://www.cliniclink.org/2009/10/profile-guatemala-sana/ ...formerly Clinic Link Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:19:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.cliniclink.org/2009/10/profile-guatemala-sana/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Gary Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0000 http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=1358#comment-96 You claim here that 100% of the donations will go to directly benefit the children. Unfortunately, that is not true. If a donor uses paypal, at least 3% will go toward their processing fees. Then there are annual state reporting fees for being a 501c3 and non-profit corporation in the United States. In addition, there are always bank fees for transferring money from the US to Guatemala. And finally, even non-profit NGO's in Guatemala end up paying some fees to SAT. To make the claim that 100% of donations goes directly to benefit the children of Guatemala is a falsehood. While you may indeed be doing good work in Guatemala, you should be more truthful in your communications. You claim here that 100% of the donations will go to directly benefit the children. Unfortunately, that is not true. If a donor uses paypal, at least 3% will go toward their processing fees. Then there are annual state reporting fees for being a 501c3 and non-profit corporation in the United States. In addition, there are always bank fees for transferring money from the US to Guatemala. And finally, even non-profit NGO’s in Guatemala end up paying some fees to SAT. To make the claim that 100% of donations goes directly to benefit the children of Guatemala is a falsehood. While you may indeed be doing good work in Guatemala, you should be more truthful in your communications.

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