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# Wednesday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/41156/
- Published: 2016-10-12T06:04:42.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-12T06:04:42.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Yet More Miscellaneous Rambling

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

Yesterday, I wrote that phrase, "available at Amazon," with a pang of guilt. I don't know if you've noticed it or not, but Catholic apostolates have been "guilting" supporters into buying books from their sites instead of from Amazon. As someone who buys a lot of things from Amazon, it makes me feel a little guilty. When it comes to buying local, I buy from the "little guy" as much as possible, but when it comes to flat-out charitable efforts? I don't really believe in it. I support my charities like I buy life insurance: term policies only. I don't buy a whole life policy, thereby bleeding my investments and my life insurance together. I make my investments for investments; I buy my life insurance for the life insurance (death benefit) only. If I believe in your apostolate (like I do EWTN's), I will still buy from Amazon, but I will also donate money to you and take the tax deduction. I promise: the money I donate to you will more than match the money you're losing on profits from the books I buy at Amazon.

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

That last ramble prompted me to download [EWTN's information tax return (IRS Form 990) from 2014](https://pp-990.s3.amazonaws.com/2015%5F09%5FEO/63-0801391%5F990%5F201412.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI7C6X5GT42DHYZIA%2F20161009%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4%5Frequest&X-Amz-Date=20161009T115930Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=52b2d0b41ddfd0c4654546b524d6361e2cf14cb7888cbab30c0d76f0b891d2bf&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Wow, I knew it was a large organization, but I didn't realize just how big it was: $47,000,000 in contributions (which, if I had to guess, increased significantly when Mother Angelica died), $45,000,000 in net assets. Also impressive: *zero debt* (other than current accounts payable), highly reasonable executive salaries, and 86% of its funding goes toward program expenses, [according to Charity Navigator](https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3675&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). I'll continue to donate.

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If you're a fan, this is worth checking out, at least cursorily: [An Oral History of *Seinfeld*](https://medium.com/@Integrity%5FGuy/an-oral-history-of-seinfeld-33ddc1d4459f?ref=thedailyeudemon.com#.qzry6vzhp). It's a bit too self-indulgently goofy, but entertaining enough. . . if you're a fan.