The Fund for Public Interest

fireflyscout
Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:50:44 +0000

D called me to say she’d been offered a summer job with the Fund for Public Interest (“The Fund”) as a canvasser. She said she’d be doing fundraising for a number of different groups, with the opportunity to earn a commission. Immediately bells went off in my head because I really dislike giving to charities that do business that way. I mentioned my concerns (didn’t help the mother-daughter relationship much there), and we both googled the Fund at the same time and found some entries that indicate some serious labor problems. I also went to their website and couldn’t find any information about management or a board of directors. Very puzzling. Dug up some corporate officer information on the commonwealth of Massachusetts site, and am even more puzzled about what I’m learning.

Does anyone have any experience with this group?