March 4, 2009

10 Charities Overpaying their For-Profit Fundraisers

These 10 charities are not living up to their missions. Each spends more than 50% of its budget paying for-profit fundraising professionals to solicit your hard-earned money. They are ranked by the percentage of their total functional expenses spent on professional fundraising fees. As a result, very little of the charity's spending is directed towards its programs and services.

Rank Charity Program Expenses Professional Fundraising Fees
1 Disabled Veterans Associations 2.3% 96.4%
2 The Committee for Missing Children 10.2% 88.1%
3 Children's Charitable Foundation 10.3% 87.8%
4 Disabled Police Officers of America 11.4% 85.9%
5 American Veterans Relief Foundation 7.1% 83.6%
6 Children's Charity Fund, Inc. 5.4% 82.9%
7 Firefighters Charitable Foundation 11.0% 82.8%
8 Coalition Against Breast Cancer 12.7% 80.6%
9 Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center 18.2% 78.0%
10 Foundation for Children with Cancer 17.0% 77.9%

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