Percentages from Charity Collection
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Question
Hello, My friend is a gabbai of a neighborhood charity fund along with another gabbai. My friend works on fundraising, he wants me to help him, talk to him about plans and ideas, and so on, sometimes push him, sometimes go with him to donors, and he offers me to receive 10% of all donations, and in addition, he takes 10% of the donations, so together it's 20%. The second gabbai does not take, he also does not work so much in fundraising. The question is whether this is fair. I will not engage in this without the goal of profit, but on the other hand, if it is not fair and completely glatt, I am not interested in taking the money. I thought of an idea: to tell my friend that it is defined that he receives 20% of the donations for his work, and he commits to give me 10% of that for my help. Is this better, or is there not much difference? Thank you very much.
Answer
Hello,
The charity collector is allowed to receive up to 30% of the donations, of course, with the consent of the gabbai of the fund.
If you assist in fundraising, you are also allowed to receive money.
Source
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita