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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

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
$137.9 million
$115.9 million
2.5%
2
$86.8 million
$75.4 million
1.0%
3
$92.7 million
$61.2 million
10.6%
4
$62.8 million
$53.8 million
7.4%
5
$66.6 million
$50.4 million
0.5%
6
$63.9 million
$44.8 million
2.2%
7
$48.1 million
$38.6 million
8.9%
8
$70.2 million
$36.9 million
7.8%
9
$43.7 million
$34.4 million
4.6%
10
$38.5 million
$28.9 million
0.7%
11
$53.8 million
$25.5 million
0.0%
12
$26.6 million
$23.5 million
0.8%
13
$27.5 million
$22.6 million
1.0%
14
$24.0 million
$21.4 million
3.1%
15
$19.4 million
$18.2 million
0.3%
16
$25.6 million
$17.9 million
0.8%
17
$21.0 million
$17.4 million
3.2%
18
$19.1 million
$16.7 million
2.8%
19
$42.1 million
$16.4 million
1.3%
20
$18.2 million
$14.7 million
0.0%
21
$15.8 million
$13.4 million
0.6%
22
$31.4 million
$12.9 million
3.1%
23
$37.7 million
$12.2 million
0.7%
24
$12.4 million
$11.1 million
10.4%
25
$14.0 million
$10.3 million
2.4%
26
$12.6 million
$10.2 million
2.5%
27
$12.6 million
$10.1 million
4.3%
28
$11.4 million
$9.5 million
2.3%
29
$10.4 million
$8.9 million
1.0%
30
$10.6 million
$8.4 million
5.1%
31
$12.7 million
$7.8 million
0.0%
32
$10.3 million
$7.8 million
0.1%
33
$7.8 million
$7.6 million
1.0%
34
$9.3 million
$7.2 million
4.4%
35
$12.7 million
$7.2 million
6.3%
36
$7.8 million
$6.9 million
1.2%
37
$9.8 million
$6.8 million
11.1%
38
$7.6 million
$6.4 million
0.1%
39
$7.7 million
$6.0 million
1.1%
40
$7.4 million
$4.8 million
4.6%
41
$7.7 million
$4.8 million
0.0%
42
$5.7 million
$4.7 million
3.1%
43
$5.1 million
$4.4 million
1.6%
44
$5.0 million
$4.2 million
0.0%
45
$2.6 million
$2.3 million
2.3%
46
$9.0 million
$1.9 million
0.0%
47
$2.1 million
$1.7 million
0.5%
48
$2.0 million
$1.7 million
1.5%

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