America's worst charities [View all]
Since I just got hit up by the Kids Wish Network, which appears to be almost a total scam (and gave them a firm "NO"
, I'm going to post this list for everyone's edification. I don't usually even answer my phone, but since my husband's out shopping and has the cell phone with him, I took the risk and picked up.
Anyway, this should be taped to everyone's wall to shut these assholes down when they call. I can't get this to post in chart form, but you get the idea.
http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/
The 50 worst, ranked by money blown on soliciting costs
Totals from the latest 10 years of available federal tax filings
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%
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