Announcement March 30, 2020

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The RRDi financial situation is continuously posted at this url and as of this date, March 30, 2020, we have $771.42 in the bank. Based upon how we are spending donations (the income includes the small amount of affiliate fees we receive from Amazon) we will run out of funds in several months. So we are concerned about this and decided to first post this on our website before using the newsletter tool and send this same announcement to the members who have opted to receive our newsletter. You may wonder how much we are spending in donations currently and for the first three months of 2020 we averaged our expenses to $164/month. You can view how we spent donations for last year here. So you can see our current funds will only last us several months at the present rate of expenditure. 

Comparison of the RRDi Expenses vs NRS Expenses
So let's compare this with how much money the National Rosacea Society [NRS] spends its donations (who is one of the other non profit organizations for rosacea). The only way we can get an idea how the NRS spends its donations is to look at the last financial report filed by the NRS as shown on Form 990 that the NRS files with the Internal Revenue Service for 2018 which is available for public viewing (the NRS releases its 2019 Form 990 much later and when it does we always review it since we have been reviewing how the NRS spends its donations since 1998).  So let's compare how the NRS spends it donations, that is, the amount each month is spent with what the RRDi spends each month. 

For 2018, the NRS received in donations a total of $465,042. During this same period the NRS spent a total of $601,532 (yes the NRS can spend more than it takes in because of the assets they own which the NRS draws upon when the expenses are greater than donations). So on average, in 2018 the NRS spent over $50,000 each month! What did the NRS spend most of it donations on? The answer if you investigate is $432,408 was spent for the year (over $36,000 each month on average) on two private contractors owned by the director/president of the NRS, Sam Huff. So if you are happy with how the NRS is spending its donations that is just one of the other non profit organizations for rosacea that will continue if the RRDi runs out of funds and can't pay our monthly expenses. 

So the comparison is:

RRDi spends                           NRS spends
$164/month                           $50,000/month (of this amount $36,000 is spent on two private contractors owned by Sam Huff)

Just for the record, the NRS claims on its Form 990 for 2018 that 25.31% of the total donations received in 2018 were from public support.

What is one of the most interesting revelations found on the from its Form 990 for 2018 report is that it reveals how much money was received from the pharmaceutical companies in 'excess contributions' which is shown in a screen shot below:

The above screen shot doesn't reveal for how long a period each of the above pharmaceutical companies have been giving the NRS 'excess contributions' but it does reveal the amounts. So if you are happy the way these pharmaceutical companies are contributing to the NRS and the way the NRS is spending its contributions and if the RRDi runs out of funds to keep going, you will surely have the NRS since it has lots of money to spend, especially on two private contractors owned by Sam Huff, the director/president of the NRS. 

Conclusion
So it is simply up to you whether you want the RRDi to keep going or simply dissolve because of lack of funds. If you want to help out the RRDi here are two options:

(1) donate (if the 1300+ members each donated just one dollar we could last way over a year! Do you think the RRDi is worth one dollar?)

(2) volunteer (and help us get donations).

If you have any questions or concerns, why not find the reply button and post?