America's worst charities.

[Maraya1969]

http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

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%
11 Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation $34.7 million $27.6 million 0.6%
12 Youth Development Fund $29.7 million $24.5 million 0.8%
13 Committee For Missing Children $26.9 million $23.8 million 0.8%
14 Association for Firefighters and Paramedics $23.2 million $20.8 million 3.1%
15 Project Cure (Bradenton, FL) $51.5 million $20.4 million 0.0%
16 National Caregiving Foundation $22.3 million $18.1 million 3.5%
17 Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth $19.6 million $16.1 million 0.0%
18 United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association $23.1 million $15.9 million 0.6%
19 Vietnow National Headquarters $18.1 million $15.9 million 2.9%
20 Police Protective Fund $34.9 million $14.8 million 0.8%
21 National Cancer Coalition $41.5 million $14.0 million 1.1%
22 Woman To Woman Breast Cancer Foundation $14.5 million $13.7 million 0.4%
23 American Foundation For Disabled Children $16.4 million $13.4 million 0.8%
24 The Veterans Fund $15.7 million $12.9 million 2.3%
25 Heart Support of America $33.0 million $11.0 million 3.4%
26 Veterans Assistance Foundation $12.2 million $11.0 million 10.5%
27 Children's Charity Fund $14.3 million $10.5 million 2.3%
28 Wishing Well Foundation USA $12.4 million $9.8 million 4.6%
29 Defeat Diabetes Foundation $13.8 million $8.3 million 0.1%
30 Disabled Police Officers of America Inc. $10.3 million $8.1 million 2.5%
31 National Police Defense Foundation $9.9 million $7.8 million 5.8%
32 American Association of the Deaf & Blind $10.3 million $7.8 million 0.1%
33 Reserve Police Officers Association $8.7 million $7.7 million 1.1%
34 Optimal Medical Foundation $7.9 million $7.6 million 1.0%
35 Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation $9.0 million $7.6 million 1.0%
36 Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center $8.2 million $6.9 million 0.1%
37 Children's Leukemia Research Association $9.8 million $6.8 million 11.1%
38 United Breast Cancer Foundation $11.6 million $6.6 million 6.3%
39 Shiloh International Ministries $8.0 million $6.2 million 1.3%
40 Circle of Friends For American Veterans $7.8 million $5.7 million 6.5%
41 Find the Children $7.6 million $5.0 million 5.7%
42 Survivors and Victims Empowered $7.7 million $4.8 million 0.0%
43 Firefighters Assistance Fund $5.6 million $4.6 million 3.2%
44 Caring for Our Children Foundation $4.7 million $4.1 million 1.6%
45 National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition $4.8 million $4.0 million 0.0%
46 American Foundation for Children With AIDS $5.2 million $3.0 million 0.0%
47 Our American Veterans $2.6 million $2.3 million 2.3%
48 Roger Wyburn-Mason & Jack M Blount Foundation For Eradication of Rheumatoid Disease $8.4 million $1.8 million 0.0%
49 Firefighters Burn Fund $2.0 million $1.7 million 1.5%
50 Hope Cancer Fund $1.9 million $1.6 million 0.5%

[NightWatcher]

1. Nothing about National Center for Kids of Disabled Cops who have Cancer and Diabetes?

Put a few words together and hope people cough up dough that you can then run away with... Kids, disabled, cops, vets, firemen, cancer, diabetes...

Slimy mofos.

[russspeakeasy]

2. I am starting the:

"I am an AMERICAN, CANCER, VETERAN, FIREFIGHTER, CHILD ADVOCATE and RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION".
If you would like to donate, please contact me for more information about my secret mailing address.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Note certain discrepancies and realize that...

many of these places get away with it by sending out "educational packets" and really have no intention of handing out help or paying for research.

0% my ass-- jail 'em.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I agree. 0% is fraud, in my book. n/t

[EC]

4. so they are all scams

made to make the board of directors rich and have excuses for gala balls etc. that they don't have to pay for. That's what charity always has been to the rich.

[JVS]

6. That's why I donate exclusively to my local chapter of The Human Fund.

Money, for people.

[Frustratedlady]

7. I have cut back all donations to local drives only.

Granted, there are some I refuse to donate to, but the ones where I do donate are those I can see working all year long to help those they claim to support. For instance, the food banks. I personally know some of these workers and see how many people are asking for help...that includes whites, blacks and Hispanics (no discrepancies)...and most of the workers are volunteers.


Beyond that, I help local families I know are in trouble.


It would be interesting to see who the top members are, how much they are paid and how many of them have box numbers to the same address. I remember a couple Texas brothers who ran several charities for children and their box number was in a tiny building with the same address for each charity. I would guess a high percentage of these types of charities are fake/money makers for a few. Same with the think tanks and tax-free groups that support political organizations even though they say they are non-partisan.


Meanwhile, our children suffer.