Why aren’t the two major political parties on that list?
;-)
I remeber years ago when I worked for Western Union, my supervisor tried to get me to donate some of my paycheck to The United Way. I told her no, that I give to my church and I am happy enough with that. A lot of these big charities have a lot of bureaucratic expenses. Fogettabouddit!
Er.
Actually, I would put the entire United Way as number 1. Just because so many of them are annoying jerks and liars.
# 1. ----------- The Department of Revenue
(... or is that theft?)
Federal Government
Administrative Expenses: 128.00%
Are administrative expenses always a bad thing? If I give a dollar to a charity and they pay it to a fundraiser who gets two dollars from someone else, that would seem to be a good thing. My charity dollars are being multiplied.
Also, one would expect certain kinds of charities would have high administrative expenses. For example, Make-A-Wish foundation has high administrative expenses, but every recipient of their charity gets something a little different. If a charity is giving every child with a terminal illness the same teddy bear, it would be easy to keep administrative expenses low. But if this child wants to go to Disney World and that child wants to go to the Super Bowl, it seems like it would require a larger staff to make sure everything was done properly.
My donations usually go to Salvation Army and Disabled American Veterans.
20. Tucson Audubon Society - Administrative expenses: 42.8%
19. New Hampshire Audubon - Administrative expenses: 42.8%
18. Gospel to the Unreached Millions (GUM) - Administrative expenses: 43.1%
17. American Psychiatric Foundation - Administrative expenses: 43.7%
16. Marshall Heights Community Development Organization (MHCDO) - Administrative expenses: 44.1%
15. Please Touch Museum - Administrative expenses: 44.9%
14. American Friends of the Open University of Israel (AFOUI) - Administrative expenses: 45.2%
13. Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics - Administrative expenses: 45.4%
12. Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens - Administrative expenses: 45.8%
11. Victorious Christian Living International - Administrative expenses: 46.0%
10. Center for Individual Rights - Administrative expenses: 46.1%
9. Changed Lives - Administrative expenses: 47.4%
8. Vision New England - Administrative expenses: 48.7%
7. Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation (CAMCF) - Administrative expenses: 48.8%
6. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - Administrative expenses: 55.1%
5. Cherokee National Historical Society - Administrative expenses: 58.2%
4. Union Rescue Mission, Little Rock - Administrative expenses: 62.1%
3. National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) - Administrative expenses: 64%
2. Boys Choir of Harlem - Administrative expenses: 66.3%
1. American Tract Society - Administrative expenses: 68.0%
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Where do MADD and United Way measure up these days?
Too many of those on the list are “Christian” organizations. This is disturbing, time to clean out the closet.
I think the worst charity is the Susan G. Komen Foundation which collects money for a pro-life cause, breast-cancer research, and then diverts some of that money to the anti-life Planned Parenthood.
That’s bait-and-switch.
ACLU, NOW, Planned Parenthood, Rainbow Coalition, HRC, etc, etc.
HUSUS and Peta should be on the list.
Unless you want to count executing pets as providing a direct benefit.