Heart Support of America

Heart Support of America is an American non-profit organization, a 501(c)(3) charity, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, also known as "Veteran's Heart Relief". The mission of the organization is to provide financial assistance directly to individuals who suffer from cardiac problems and grants to social organizations involved in assisting patients suffering from cardiac problems. Patients or their families can apply for aid via an online application form accessible from the organization's homepage.

Jim Halliburton founded the organization sometime after 1991 when he had a near-death experience following a massive heart attack. His experience is one of several documented in the work "Second Chances".ref|unverified unverified A former patient of Dr. Ron Rosedale, Mr. Halliburton publishes and distributes a work entitled "Heart Support of America" which advocates Dr. Rosedale's metabolic approach to the treatment of heart disease.

Heart Support of America has been criticized for giving an overly low percentage of their funds to the causes that they represent [http://www.scsos.com/PR/release.asp?prid=27] . Charitable organizations differ in and are often compared on the basis of their methods of fundraising and the percentage of funds going toward primary mission aims versus administrative overhead. Information available from 2004 indicates that Heart Support of America distributes less than 40% of funds collected to the patients and social organizations that figure in its mission statement; the remaining 60% of funds raised were expended on a mixture of expenses incurred in raising funds and overall administrative expenses. Fundraising is conducted by the organization through a combination of direct solicitation and indirectly through professional solicitors.

References

* cite web
title=Heart Support of America
work=Organizational web site
url=http://www.heartsupportofamerica.org/index.shtml
accessdate=January 28
accessyear=2006
* cite web
title=Ron Rosedale M.D.
work=Rosedale Metabolics, Inc.
url=http://www.advancedmetaboliclabs.com/Management-Board-of-Advisors.html
accessdate=February 16
accessyear=2007
* cite web
title=Heart Support of America
work=Charity Navigator
url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/6295.htm
accessdate=January 28
accessyear=2006
* cite web
title=Charitable Solicitations Program Charity Profile Report: Heart Support of America, Inc.
work=Washington Secretary of State
url=http://www.secstate.wa.gov/charities/search_detail.aspx?charity_id=2040
accessdate=January 28
accessyear=2006
* cite press release
publisher = South Carolina Secretary of State
date = November 17, 2004
title = Secretary Hammond names 10 scrooges and 12 angels
url = http://www.scsos.com/PR/release.asp?prid=27

Notes

* Unverified: the work "Second Chances" is mentioned in the references noted above but attempts to identify the book itself, its publisher and author, have been unsuccessful.