the worst charities in america

[rdking647]

ranked on the basis of the amount of money they paid to rais emoney. in most cases less than 5% of the money raised went to their "cause"
http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

heres the top 10
Rank Charity name Total raised by solicitors Paid to solicitors % spent on direct cash aid
1 Kids Wish Network $127.8 million $109.8 million 2.5%
2 Cancer Fund of America $98.0 million $80.4 million 0.9%
3 Children's Wish Foundation International $96.8 million $63.6 million 10.8%
4 American Breast Cancer Foundation $80.8 million $59.8 million 5.3%
5 Firefighters Charitable Foundation $63.8 million $54.7 million 8.4%
6 Breast Cancer Relief Foundation $63.9 million $44.8 million 2.2%
7 International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO $57.2 million $41.4 million 0.5%
8 National Veterans Service Fund $70.2 million $36.9 million 7.8%
9 American Association of State Troopers $45.0 million $36.0 million 8.6%
10 Children's Cancer Fund of America $37.5 million $29.2 million 5.3%


why donate money when 95 cents of every dollar is going to the fundraiser

[1-Old-Man]

1. I have to ask, is the "International Union of Police Associations" actually a union?

I ask because all of the union members I've ever know were people but the name above implies that Associations can be members of that particular union. Also, what is the affiliation with the AFL-CIO. It sounds to me like a made up organization that in all likelihood has no union association at all and that the word union and reference to the AFL-CIO was just put in there to entice contributions from the unwitting.

[russspeakeasy]

2. Thanks for the post...

Very interesting. And you pose a great question, "why donate" to any of these so called "charities"?

[Phentex]

3. The Children's Cancer Fund will stalk you...

I suppose I'm on a million lists because I've given to something or other but this group sends me stuff all the time and then sends me gentle reminders that I did not make a donation for any of the stuff they sent me! Still, they don't take me off the list.

[SomethingFishy]

4. I used to work for a lighting company that did these "society" functions..

Charity Balls for bored, rich, housewives. They would spend 3 or 4 million dollars on a lavish party so they could slap themselves on the back for raising $100,000 for "charity".

[KamaAina]

5. How bad do you have to suck to make Susan G. F'n Komen look good?