Dks01 This is something I am not so sure the typical Canadian would understand. This is compounded by the fact that we are not directly donating to the PC Children’s Charity, but the donation is being solicited by an employee of Loblaws Inc., and appears on one’s grocery receipt. Then there is the matter of the fees; someone has to pay the fees associated with the merchant account used to process my transaction. Does Loblaws Inc. just eat that added cost, or do they deduct it from my donation amount before it’s ever recorded by PC Children’s Charity? The audit page doesn’t seem to directly address that, that I was able to find.
So, if I donate $20 one week. Does the charity actually get the whole $20, then 91% of that goes to the cause, or does Loblaws get some sort of processing or handling fee off the top, before PC Children’s Charity ever sees it, and they subsequently record a donation of less than $20?
Based on the pages you linked, it would seem that the charity itself is well-respected. What I seek to understand is the mechanism of the money that leaves my pocket (hypothetically, since I don’t knowingly donate at the register) actually getting from Loblaws Inc. into the hands of the charity. Anything that has to pass through Loblaws Inc. raises my suspicion, since they have proven that they are not trustworthy.