Parkersburg, WV 26101
ph: 304-210-0511
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Civic Development Group is America's largest professional telemarketing fundraiser for non-profit organizations including, but not limited to: Several Fraternal Order of Police organizations, The International Union of Police Association (IUPA), Several State Trooper Organizations, The California Organization of Police and Sheriffs (COPS), Keystone Paralyzed Veterans, Disabled Veterans Associations, The Cancer Survivors Fund and hundreds more. Unfortunately, CDG keeps the overwhelming majority, usually about 80%, of the funds raised on behalf of these non-profit groups. CDG is a for profit solicitor with over 60 fundraising centers throughout the US and Canada. To see if CDG is operating a call center in your area, check out CDG's job recruitment website, www.1888974jobs.com and scroll down to the call center location box.
I have a long history with Civic Development Group, first as an employee, then as a whistleblower, and again as an employee working undercover to investigate recent misleading fundraising practices. Given my history with CDG, I am very familiar with many unethical and allegedly illegal solicitation techniques used by CDG to raise funds for hundreds of non-profit groups. The FTC and several State Attorney Generals have taken CDG to court for their actions. CDG ussually agrees to pay large fees to resolve the complaint without admitting wrong-doing.
It is my belief, that Professional fundraisers like CDG, have the same effect on donors confidence in the non-profit sector that corporations like Enron had on investors' confidence in the stock market.
The organizations listed below have used Civic Development Group to raise funds on their behalf. I have provided links to their websites. I am calling for a nationwide boycott of these and other organizations. Professional fundraisers like CDG have created unfair competion throughout the non-profit sector. The FTC is seeking an injunction against CDG, but the judicial process is slow.
ALABAMA STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATION OF POLICE AND SHERIFFS (COPS)
The COPS fundraising center is managed by CDG and is located in Morgantown, WV. This fundraising center is currently under investigation.
PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
CALIFORNIA STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, CALIFORNIA STATE LODGE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY LODGE NUMBER 1, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS (IUPA)
The IUPA is based in Florida, but CDG manages an IUPA fundraising center near Canton, OH. There is an activist website dedicated to exposing IUPA's unethical fundraising practices. Visit WWW.POLICINGIUPA.ORG to learn more about IUPA.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE(official state online fundraising center)
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and READ THE FINE PRINT, it states that the website is administered by CDG Management LLC under the permission of the GRAND LODGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE EMPIRE STATE LODGE
FIRE VICTIMS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
CDG manages a fundraising center for the Ohio Troopers Coalition. The fundraising center is located in Portsmouth, OH. A local Professor at Shawnee State in Portsmouth, OH was reminded of Communist Poland after being interrogated for taking a photograph of the "Troopers" fundraising center. (scroll down to"A Rotten Organization" and "Drive-by shooting" to read about his experience)The COLUMBUS DISPATCH has exposed some of their unethical practices and the Ohio Attorney General has filed a suit against CDG.
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE ASSOCIATION
WEST VIRGINIA TROOPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
WEST VIRGINIA DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION
WEST VIRGINIA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE STATE LODGE
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF WEST VIRGINIA
SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPERS ASSOCIATION
MICHIGAN STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
KEYSTONE PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
DISABLED VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS
Cancer Survivors' Fund Chairperson Yeshim Yonter has the audacity to claim that telephone solicitations on their behalf are not coming from professional fundraisers. Civic Development Group runs a Cancer Survivors' Fund call center in Parkersburg, WV. I used to get paid to raise funds on behalf of the Cancer Survivors Fund. Nobody in the office was a volunteer. How is that not professional fundraising? The Pennsylvania Secretary of State shows that 89.17% of money raised in the name of cancer patients was actually spent on "fundraising costs".(search charity database for Cancer Survivors' fund) The Washington Secretary of State lists Civic Development Group as professional fundraiser on behalf of the Cancer Survivors' Fund. The Kentucky State Attorney General lists a CDG as a fundraiser for CSF as well. (scroll down alphabetically to Cancer Survivors' Fund) HOW IS THIS LEGAL!!!!!?????
(THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY)
CDG NEWS
LONG ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS EXPOSES CDG
LONG ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS POLICES THE NYFOP
NEW JERSEY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION'S "MEDIA BLITZ" SETS EXAMPLE
CLEVELAND NEWS CHANNEL 5 INVESTIGATION PROMPTS STATE AND FEDERAL ACTION AGAINST CDG
PITTSBURGH NEWS CHANNEL 4 EXPOSES UNETHICAL FUNDRAISING IN THE NAME OF VETERANS
READ ABOUT MY LEGAL VICTORY OVER CDG IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR
HEARING ON ASSESSING VETERANS' CHARITIES
CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS "HANG UP ON PAID FUNDRAISERS FOR POLICE
AND FIREFIGHTERS"
MSNBC CONSUMERMAN WARNS OF UNETCHICAL FUNDRAISING BY CDG
NY TIMES: "HOW DONATED DOLLARS TURN INTO PENNIES"
LA TIMES: "TAKING UP THE CAUSE OF HIGH FEES"
YOUTUBE VIDEOS SHOW CDG OFFICE CULTURE
BEFORE CDG, THERE WAS U.S . AD BROKERS
FIFTEEN YEARS OF FUNDRAISING FRAUD, MISLEADING AMERICANS SINCE 1993
READ SEVERAL OPINIONS ABOUT CDG IN AN ARTICLE REACTION BLOG
KUDOS TO:
CITIZENS FOR ETHICAL NONPROFIT TREASURY STEWARDSHIP
Parkersburg, WV 26101
ph: 304-210-0511
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