A possibly stupid question about non-profit charities.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Not all famous people are like that. Some are righteous, others are far worse than you

know. Open their checkbooks? Many celebs are PAID to attend charity events, in fact, more than a few get paid to do the 'carpet'. That is they show up, walk in so the photogs can see, then they go out the back door and into the limo again.
Now again, this is not true of all, and most who are in any way decent do such things only when they are donors, when they do care.
Of course, the argument those taking fees use is that the organizers are also taking huge fees. So some 'non profit President' who makes 40K a month wants others to work for free? Not all see that as fair either.
If the gen pop knew the hows and whys of much fundraising, they'd puke.