Here's a fun story:\r
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On the surface, GWC appears to be a healthy nonprofit adoption agency. 98% of revenue spent on services, solid balance sheet, etc. Until you dig a little deeper and see the real picture.\r
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Their CEO, Snow Wu, takes home $150k plus benefits. Her salary alone is 615% above the average salary of their employees. She works incredibly hard to squeeze as many families into her overworked staff as possible, usually leaving each case worker with a load of 800-900 families (not even exaggerating). This leads to adoption wait times of roughly 6+ years on average. All the while profits get funneled up.\r
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I have a close family friend who tried adopting with GWC (emphasis on ""tried""). Things eventually fell through after multiple instances of missing files, miss communication, and complete lack of transparency from the agency. That starts to make a little more sense when you realize their poor staffers can barely keep up with Ms. Snow's profit-driven demands.\r
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Since 2011 the organization has actually CUT staff dramatically, all the while upper management salaries have been steadily growing. Keep in mind this isn't some magical insider information, this is all clearly evident from looking at their Form 990 in detail.\r
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I'm still unsure how this agency has managed to hold on to their nonprofit status. It's basically a giant revenue funnel for one woman's bank account.
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