[Blindtlk] Fw: 50 Worst Charities - several are well known charities

[Sherri]

I haven't looked through the whole list, but this was very interesting.

Sherri
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From: Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:29 PM
Subject: 50 Worst Charities - several are well known charities


The 50 worst, ranked by money blown on soliciting costs

Totals from the latest 10 years of available federal tax filings

      Rank
     Charity name
     Total raised by solicitors
     Paid to solicitors
     % spent on direct cash aid

      1
     Kids Wish Network
     $127.8 million
     $109.8 million
     2.5%

      2
     Cancer Fund of America
     $98.0 million
     $80.4 million
     0.9%

      3
     Children's Wish Foundation International
     $96.8 million
     $63.6 million
     10.8%

      4
     American Breast Cancer Foundation
     $80.8 million
     $59.8 million
     5.3%

      5
     Firefighters Charitable Foundation
     $63.8 million
     $54.7 million
     8.4%

      6
     Breast Cancer Relief Foundation
     $63.9 million
     $44.8 million
     2.2%

      7
     International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO
     $57.2 million
     $41.4 million
     0.5%

      8
     National Veterans Service Fund
     $70.2 million
     $36.9 million
     7.8%

      9
     American Association of State Troopers
     $45.0 million
     $36.0 million
     8.6%

      10
     Children's Cancer Fund of America
     $37.5 million
     $29.2 million
     5.3%

      11
     Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation
     $34.7 million
     $27.6 million
     0.6%

      12
     Youth Development Fund
     $29.7 million
     $24.5 million
     0.8%

      13
     Committee For Missing Children
     $26.9 million
     $23.8 million
     0.8%

      14
     Association for Firefighters and Paramedics
     $23.2 million
     $20.8 million
     3.1%

      15
     Project Cure (Bradenton, FL)
     $51.5 million
     $20.4 million
     0.0%

      16
     National Caregiving Foundation
     $22.3 million
     $18.1 million
     3.5%

      17
     Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth
     $19.6 million
     $16.1 million
     0.0%

      18
     United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association
     $23.1 million
     $15.9 million
     0.6%

      19
     Vietnow National Headquarters
     $18.1 million
     $15.9 million
     2.9%

      20
     Police Protective Fund
     $34.9 million
     $14.8 million
     0.8%

      21
     National Cancer Coalition
     $41.5 million
     $14.0 million
     1.1%

      22
     Woman To Woman Breast Cancer Foundation
     $14.5 million
     $13.7 million
     0.4%

      23
     American Foundation For Disabled Children
     $16.4 million
     $13.4 million
     0.8%

      24
     The Veterans Fund
     $15.7 million
     $12.9 million
     2.3%

      25
     Heart Support of America
     $33.0 million
     $11.0 million
     3.4%

      26
     Veterans Assistance Foundation
     $12.2 million
     $11.0 million
     10.5%

      27
     Children's Charity Fund
     $14.3 million
     $10.5 million
     2.3%

      28
     Wishing Well Foundation USA
     $12.4 million
     $9.8 million
     4.6%

      29
     Defeat Diabetes Foundation
     $13.8 million
     $8.3 million
     0.1%

      30
     Disabled Police Officers of America Inc.
     $10.3 million
     $8.1 million
     2.5%

      31
     National Police Defense Foundation
     $9.9 million
     $7.8 million
     5.8%

      32
     American Association of the Deaf & Blind
     $10.3 million
     $7.8 million
     0.1%

      33
     Reserve Police Officers Association
     $8.7 million
     $7.7 million
     1.1%

      34
     Optimal Medical Foundation
     $7.9 million
     $7.6 million
     1.0%

      35
     Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation
     $9.0 million
     $7.6 million
     1.0%

      36
     Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center
     $8.2 million
     $6.9 million
     0.1%

      37
     Children's Leukemia Research Association
     $9.8 million
     $6.8 million
     11.1%

      38
     United Breast Cancer Foundation
     $11.6 million
     $6.6 million
     6.3%

      39
     Shiloh International Ministries
     $8.0 million
     $6.2 million
     1.3%

      40
     Circle of Friends For American Veterans
     $7.8 million
     $5.7 million
     6.5%

      41
     Find the Children
     $7.6 million
     $5.0 million
     5.7%

      42
     Survivors and Victims Empowered
     $7.7 million
     $4.8 million
     0.0%

      43
     Firefighters Assistance Fund
     $5.6 million
     $4.6 million
     3.2%

      44
     Caring for Our Children Foundation
     $4.7 million
     $4.1 million
     1.6%

      45
     National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition
     $4.8 million
     $4.0 million
     0.0%

      46
     American Foundation for Children With Aids
     $5.2 million
     $3.0 million
     0.0%

      47
     Our American Veterans
     $2.6 million
     $2.3 million
     2.3%

      48
     Roger Wyburn-Mason & Jack M Blount Foundation For Eradication of 
Rheumatoid Disease
     $8.4 million
     $1.8 million
     0.0%

      49
     Firefighters Burn Fund
     $2.0 million
     $1.7 million
     1.5%

      50
     Hope Cancer Fund
     $1.9 million
     $1.6 million
     0.5%


Database and web production: William Higgins | Times
Dave Stanton and Mike Davis | Smart Creative Media

$970.6 million
paid to solicitors

Worst 50's record

A more typical split *

·         $970.6 million cash paid to solicitors

·         $380.3 million cash to the charities

·         $49.1 million to direct cash aid

* Watchdog groups say no more than 35 percent of donations should go to 
fundraising costs. There is no standard for how much should be be spent on 
direct cash aid.



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