Wednesday, December 22, 2004

How many members does the HRC have?

HRC 2002-2003 Report

Out of couriosity, I've been looking at last year's HRC Report, and the numbers don't add-up. They claimed 500,000 members who contributed approx. $7-million-dollars. With a minumum contribution of $35-dollars, that's less than 200,000 members assuming some gave more the $35-dollar minimum. ...Where are the other 300,000 members?

The general membership contributed approx 34% of the $17.5-million-dollar income last year, and the HRC spent more on Fundraising ($4,580,243) as they did on Federal, Field and Legal Advocacy ($4,274,468). In-fact, they spent 42% of their income on management, general expenses and fundraising. They only provided $350,000 to state groups, just under 2% of their income.