America's Worst Charities

[CloneAggie]

A little public service announcement...

Here is a list of the Top 50 Worst Charities: http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/worst-charities.pdf

Here is the series of articles on the topic from the Tampa Bay Times: America's Worst Charities, a Tampa Bay Times, CIR and CNN Investigation | Tampa Bay Times

 

[SuperTrooper]

Just give to my charity.... The Human Fund: "Money for People"

 

[canker2323]

A little public service announcement...

Here is a list of the Top 50 Worst Charities: http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/worst-charities.pdf

Here is the series of articles on the topic from the Tampa Bay Times: America's Worst Charities, a Tampa Bay Times, CIR and CNN Investigation | Tampa Bay Times

The IRS needs to broaden its scrutinizing.

 

[CloneAggie]

The IRS needs to broaden its scrutinizing.

14 of the 50 related to police or firefighters. That would be a good place to start!

 

[Mr Janny]

 

[Mr Janny]

14 of the 50 related to police or firefighters. That would be a good place to start!

once upon a time I got a job in a call center for a firefighters "charity." The schtick was to call a person and thank them for their previous year's donation, hoping they had actually donated to another similar charity in the past. That easily segued into asking for "this year's" donation. It mostly preyed upon seniors. Some guys would even pretend to be firefighters, or at least lead people to believe that they were without actually coming out and saying it. The whole thing was pretty sickening. Some of the money actually did end up in the hands of the firefighters, but it couldn't have been much. I only lasted a few days at that job. It was too sleazy.

 

[cytech]

I had been attending a charity for the wounded warrior fund the last few years. This year I found out that 1/3 of what they collect goes to admin costs. Not as bad as the ones on this list but still pretty bad in my view.

 

[bos]

On the other hand, here are some of the best.

America's Top 50 charities: How well do they rate? - CSMonitor.com

Good to see charity still works.

 

[3TrueFans]

On the other hand, here are some of the best.

America's Top 50 charities: How well do they rate? - CSMonitor.com

Good to see charity still works.

Wow, some of the salaries for the highest officials are pretty shocking, 2 million for American Cancer Society, 1.8 million for Boys and Girls Club.

 

[isufbcurt]

I had been attending a charity for the wounded warrior fund the last few years. This year I found out that 1/3 of what they collect goes to admin costs. Not as bad as the ones on this list but still pretty bad in my view.

Just an FYI, the charity can pretty much manipulate that % however they want.

On a side note I often hear people say that is they are going to give money to a charity they want it to go to the program intended and not to day to day operations. Well some of it has to go to day to day operations otherwise there wouldn't be anyone to oversee the programs and money because no one would get paid to work there.

 

[bos]

Wow, some of the salaries for the highest officials are pretty shocking, 2 million for American Cancer Society, 1.8 million for Boys and Girls Club.

Yeah, and their percentage given back is lower too. Its crap.

Love the Campus Crusade dude, he only gets 60k. Ha. Well I say only, compared to the next lowest at 200k.

 

[isufbcurt]

Wow, some of the salaries for the highest officials are pretty shocking, 2 million for American Cancer Society, 1.8 million for Boys and Girls Club.

They are also overseeing some very large organizations. My wife is the Director of Finance for a local branch of a National Not for profit and I wouldn't even think about doing her job for anything less than $130,000 per year.

 

[3TrueFans]

They are also overseeing some very large organizations. My wife is the Director of Finance for a local branch of a National Not for profit and I wouldn't even think about doing her job for anything less than $130,000 per year.

I'll do it for $120,000.

 

[bos]

They are also overseeing some very large organizations. My wife is the Director of Finance for a local branch of a National Not for profit and I wouldn't even think about doing her job for anything less than $130,000 per year.

I see that, but they also seem to have a lower percentage back. It may very well be related to a high overhead for realistic needs. I would love to see a break down of expenses.

 

[cytech]

Just an FYI, the charity can pretty much manipulate that % however they want.

On a side note I often hear people say that is they are going to give money to a charity they want it to go to the program intended and not to day to day operations. Well some of it has to go to day to day operations otherwise there wouldn't be anyone to oversee the programs and money because no one would get paid to work there.

You are right that in these larger organizations they do have hired help to run things. But at the same time there are other charities out there that spend much less on hired help. I just decided to pick on of those this time around.

 

[bringmagicback]

How does the Humane Society not make this list.....They only give 1% to animal shelters and spend the rest of the money lobbying against farmers. The spent exactly .0066% of their money helping animals in Iowa. They spend $.48 cents in advertising for every $1 they raise. Their ceo has a 17 million dollar pension fund, paid for by the public. They spent 50 million dollars in fundraising expense last year (private jets, hotels ect)

 

[isufbcurt]

I'll do it for $120,000.

Have at it, lol.

 

[bos]

BBB on the humane society

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[TD]Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, print advertisements, television, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, door to door, planned giving, cause-related marketing, and membership appeals.
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[TD]Fund raising costs were 18% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $132,782,409, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)[/TD]
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[TD]HSUS incurred joint costs of $47,219,129 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $28,807,224 was allocated to program expenses, $17,368,833 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $1,043,072 was allocated to administrative expenses.[/TD]
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[intrepid27]

I was at a $750 per day hunting lodge in SD last year. The top brass from the Florida Boy Scouts had group of 10-12 guys there for a "board retreat" Minimally, this was a $35K-$40K trip. I rarely give to any charities except the big names like Red Cross, United Way, Habitat for Humanity, etc.

 

[bos]

I was at a $750 per day hunting lodge in SD last year. The top brass from the Florida Boy Scouts had group of 10-12 guys there for a "board retreat" Minimally, this was a $35K-$40K trip. I rarely give to any charities except the big names like Red Cross, United Way, Habitat for Humanity, etc.

Those are solid charities.