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Angel Food Ministries is a Scam!
Friday, September 25, 2009 | By Rockcandy248

Please see the full article from the Simple Dollar.

Angel Food Ministries as a Charity
As you can see, in large part, I support the work that Angel Food Ministries does on the ground in getting low cost foods to people who really need them. In fact, I had considered donating to Angel Food Ministries in the past  and, as Ive mentioned before, that means I sat down to research how the charity itself worked.

What I found sent up a few pretty big red flags for me.

First of all, the charity is not listed with Charity Navigator, an impartial service that evaluates charities in terms of how they manage themselves internally and how much of their revenue actually goes towards charitable work. This is a basic step that many charities of any size take on  its the honest way to conduct a charity.

Second, the charity is being investigated by the FBI for reasons that are not being made clear by either the charity or the FBI. Heres some details on the investigation.

Perhaps the biggest red flag, however, comes from MinistryWatch, a watchdog group for Christian-affiliated charities. It issued a donor watch for Angel Food Ministries, stating the following:

Angel Food Ministries is marketing to help individuals that are on the low economic side of the scale and in need; however, the leadership for the organization has higher salaries than the norm. In addition, the higher salaries consist of the leadership of individuals that are related. This is just for the known year of 2006, it is unknown of the more current years.

1. Wesley J. Wingo: $588,529
2. Linda Wingo: $544,043
3. Andrew Wingo: $529,014
4. Wesley Wingo: $454,673
5. L.M. Wingo: $384,694

Let alone the fact that these five people are related, the individual salaries are above and beyond what charities typically pay their employees, even large charities at the highest management levels.

Obviously, these discoveries are much more of interest to people who are considering donating to Angel Food Ministries. This should in no way prevent you from using Angel Food Ministries in your community.

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Good for you! Whatever gets the kids up & organized. My husband works with under-privileged kids whose mothers don't even manage to feed their kids cold cereal for breakfast - so they go to school hungry, which is not good. And when it's pointed out that breakfast is essential for better learning, they just shrug their shoulders - alas...

That is the way it always works-I have used my box so many times.....

Creativity is the prime ingredient for successful pennypinching. That makes it more fun, too. Thanks. We are a mostly one-income couple, so I squeeze as much value as I can out of everything.

As a single parent I am always on the look out for methods to save money. I admire your creativity.

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If there are nasty neighsayers, you DON'T HAVE TO TELL THEM!! Let them think what they want about where & how you got everything! Just smile & say, "I have my ways" when they ask...That's what I have done for years living in L.A., the superficial capital of the universe!

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