Meet America's 'Worst Charities'

newser ^ | Kevin Spak

[Morgana]

Newser) – Charity or scam? The 50 worst charities identified in a joint investigation between the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Tampa Bay Times, and CNN, look an awfully lot like the latter. Take their grand prize winner for worst charity, Kids Wish Network. Less than 3% of the millions it raises annually actually goes to help dying children; in the last decade, it gave nearly $110 million to corporate solicitors. Almost all of the worst charities have that in common; in fact, many are funded by the solicitors themselves, acting essentially as front companies

[logitech]

A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.

KV jr.

[political1]

A little research if someone can do it? I was wondering how many Kennedy's are the head of a nonprofit organization. I know they have their regular jobs, but they always seem to be running some charitable organization or another. Each one has their personal favorite that they seem to run. As a side, I wonder how much they make to run these organizations.

[goat granny]

and he must have gotten on their list.***************

My dad use to call that list.....The suckers list...

[YHAOS]

Lift the rock,
Watch 'em scurry!

[capt B]

There are only a half dozen A and A+ Military charities. You can find various lists on “google”. The same 1/2 dozen appear constantly. The Fisher fund and the Semper Fi fund lead the lists

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Even if a charity spends 75% or more on doing real stuff it can still be a scam.

I could start a charity, pay myself $200,000 a year. Travel all around the country supposedly marketing my charity, but really going golfing, sightseeing, and dining.

If my charity has a good-sounding name and I have a decent web site, then I could drag in a bunch of money.

Then all I have to do is once a year write a check to a real charity and I'm supposedly legit.

With what we now know about the IRS, we have enough reason to get rid of the income tax altogether and all of the associated tax deductions.

[ops33]

You can add The Fisher House to your list.

[Hot Tabasco]

The one I hated was the “United Foundation”. Everyone at work was more or less “pressured” to contribute and “pressured” if you attempted to have the deductions from your check stopped........