America's Worst Charities - no more than 35% of donations to fundraising...

[mosquitobite]

http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/


http://www.tampabay.com/topics/specials/worst-charities1.page

The worst charity in America operates from a metal warehouse behind a gas station in Holiday.

Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the name of dying children and their families.

Every year, it spends less than 3 cents on the dollar helping kids.

Most of the rest gets diverted to enrich the charity's operators and the for-profit companies Kids Wish hires to drum up donations.

[ZENemy]

Donate locally.

[phill4paul]

Donate locally.

This ^^^. And, I'll add, not to national industry within your community.

[heavenlyboy34]

Donate locally.

This^^

[ghengis86]

Donate locally.

This^^^

[donnay]

Local Meals on wheels
Local Food Pantries
Salvation Army

That's all I will donate to.

[BV2]

Salvation army has a great reputation

[acesfull]

St. Jude Children Hospital is my #1 choice... Did anyone take notice to the many LEA organizations on that list?

[oyarde]

My local food banks operate at zero cost to taxpayers .All volunteers , all privately funded , of course they also have to pay property tax out of those private donations ..

[Mani]

Agreed donate locally.


Red Cross when you start reading about them, you realize they are a flat bloated bureaucratic mess and pretty much no different than the government. I'm thankful I never spent money given to them.


Living in Asia it doesn't take much to find areas of need. There's lots of individual villages or areas that have needs that can be cared for privately.

I still give to a couple charities back in the U.S. that I feel are helping the local people out.




I had a close friend that was a salesperson for a charity, he even told me one day the whole thing is a scam. Most of the money goes back to the corporate folks, he told me, just donate locally.

[Anti Federalist]

Give locally:

You could help a RPF member save her house.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?463666-I-just-can-t-win!