This is a list we all need to read...these charities are not, in anyway, associated with good charities...Make a Wish Foundation is excellent....notice the names closely resemble legitimate ones... and that is by design...Be careful where you donate your hard earned money...do a little research...money in the following groups is not reaching those who have the greatest needs.Particularly notice the last item..The % spent on actual cash aid to those who thought they were receiving help!!! disgraceful!! {I will try to post the top charities when I find a list}..djn The 50 worst charities , 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% 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%
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:36:17 +0000
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