Liza's Headband said: "If you do any basic research on Deaf West, like review their publicly available 990's, you will see there is a small Board and at least two salaried full-time staff members, along with a moderate amount of private support, which translates to "donors." So yes, they exist and I knew that when making the reference.
I also find the suggestion that they weren't aware of this campaign beforehand completely preposterous. Someone at the organization knew. It would had to have been authorized beforehand, especially since the funds are being directed to Deaf West; that is after all, their KickStarter account being used for this campaign. "
No question that on paper they have a structure, as do all tiny non-profits, but my point was that it does not appear they have any real structure and I do not see how they could possibly have "going concern" staff, as opposed to ad hoc payroll, again, like every tiny non-profit. Ditto for donors. LCT has donors, DW appears to have people who give them money like now. All of the kids who have given their allowance money to kicksstarter are "donors" but they do not represent anything of substance.
Re being unaware, you are talking about mechanical awareness which they obviously had, but again I am talking about the substance-did they appreciate they were participating in a scam? I doubt it because, as should be clear, they are likely to be one of its most devastating victims.
