NOTE: The Form 990 referenced in this article can be viewed at the bottom of the Sacramento Press article " Why shouldn't Loaves & Fishes pay to shelter homeless rather than the cash-strapped county? " Woe the dull, albeit necessary, title of this article! But in the mud of L&F's report of money movement in its operation in 2008 are points of interest to those interested in social policy in our fair metropolis of Greater Sacramento. And, since Loaves & Fishes is the self-anointed Goliath aid-and-advocacy charity for the thousands trudging the streets in Homeless World Sac, its muscularity and weaknesses, efficiency and wastefulness, are of prime importance to any who feel for the least among us, the dispossessed. And, if you have donated money, or your time as a volunteer, to L&F, or are thinking of doing so, it should matter to you greatly if the charity is getting much "bang for the buck" from the resources you've given it or might giv...
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