The kindness of your heart...is often abused

Do you know where your charitable donations are going?

You might want to check this list...and...

...the next time someone calls, before you GIVE,  ask them to send you information about their charity...specifically telling you what percentage of the funds are actually going to those in need.

The Worst Charities...

Ranked by Money Spent on

Soliciting Costs

Totals from the latest 10 years of available federal tax filings.

Data updated in December 2014

Rank	Charity name	Total raised by solicitors	Paid to solicitors	% spent on direct cash aid
1	Kids Wish Network	$137.9 million	$115.9 million	2.5%
2	Cancer Fund of America	$86.8 million	$75.4 million	1.0%
3	Children's Wish Foundation International	$92.7 million	$61.2 million	10.6%
4	Firefighters Charitable Foundation	$62.8 million	$53.8 million	7.4%
5	International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO	$66.6 million	$50.4 million	0.5%
6	Breast Cancer Relief Foundation	$63.9 million	$44.8 million	2.2%
7	American Association of State Troopers	$48.1 million	$38.6 million	8.9%
8	National Veterans Service Fund	$70.2 million	$36.9 million	7.8%
9	Children's Cancer Fund of America	$43.7 million	$34.4 million	4.6%
10	Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation	$38.5 million	$28.9 million	0.7%
11	Project Cure (Bradenton, FL)	$53.8 million	$25.5 million	0.0%
12	Committee For Missing Children	$26.6 million	$23.5 million	0.8%
13	Youth Development Fund	$27.5 million	$22.6 million	1.0%
14	Association for Firefighters and Paramedics	$24.0 million	$21.4 million	3.1%
15	Woman To Woman Breast Cancer Foundation	$19.4 million	$18.2 million	0.3%
16	United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association	$25.6 million	$17.9 million	0.8%
17	National Caregiving Foundation	$21.0 million	$17.4 million	3.2%
18	Vietnow National Headquarters	$19.1 million	$16.7 million	2.8%
19	National Cancer Coalition	$42.1 million	$16.4 million	1.3%
20	Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth	$18.2 million	$14.7 million	0.0%
21	American Foundation For Disabled Children	$15.8 million	$13.4 million	0.6%
22	Heart Support of America	$31.4 million	$12.9 million	3.1%
23	Police Protective Fund	$37.7 million	$12.2 million	0.7%
24	Veterans Assistance Foundation	$12.4 million	$11.1 million	10.4%
25	Children's Charity Fund	$14.0 million	$10.3 million	2.4%
26	The Veterans Fund	$12.6 million	$10.2 million	2.5%
27	Wishing Well Foundation USA	$12.6 million	$10.1 million	4.3%
28	Disabled Police Officers of America Inc.	$11.4 million	$9.5 million	2.3%
29	Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation	$10.4 million	$8.9 million	1.0%
30	National Police Defense Foundation	$10.6 million	$8.4 million	5.1%
31	Defeat Diabetes Foundation	$12.7 million	$7.8 million	0.0%
32	American Association of the Deaf & Blind	$10.3 million	$7.8 million	0.1%
33	Optimal Medical Foundation	$7.8 million	$7.6 million	1.0%
34	Circle of Friends For American Veterans	$9.3 million	$7.2 million	4.4%
35	United Breast Cancer Foundation	$12.7 million	$7.2 million	6.3%
36	Reserve Police Officers Association	$7.8 million	$6.9 million	1.2%
37	Children's Leukemia Research Association	$9.8 million	$6.8 million	11.1%
38	Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center	$7.6 million	$6.4 million	0.1%
39	Shiloh International Ministries	$7.7 million	$6.0 million	1.1%
40	Find the Children	$7.4 million	$4.8 million	4.6%
41	Survivors and Victims Empowered	$7.7 million	$4.8 million	0.0%
42	Firefighters Assistance Fund	$5.7 million	$4.7 million	3.1%
43	Caring for Our Children Foundation	$5.1 million	$4.4 million	1.6%
44	National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition	$5.0 million	$4.2 million	0.0%
45	Our American Veterans	$2.6 million	$2.3 million	2.3%
46	Roger Wyburn-Mason & Jack M Blount Foundation For Eradication of Rheumatoid Disease	$9.0 million	$1.9 million	0.0%
47	Hope Cancer Fund	$2.1 million	$1.7 million	0.5%
48	Firefighters Burn Fund	$2.0 million	$1.7 million	1.5%