America's Worst Charities

[Snarkoleptic]

As we move toward The Season of Giving, beware the faux charity. The Tampa Bay Times has a list of the 50 worst charities, ranked by money blown on fundraising costs.

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

The one that really grinds my gears is "Cancer Fund of America, Inc" with 00.9% funds spent on direct cash aid.
If you're feeling troll-ish, it may be worth your wile to pay them a visit here (I ripped them a new one until banned)-
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cancer-Fund-of-America-Inc/113815632775

Cancer Fund of America, started in 1984, claims in pledge letters that it is on the front lines of the fight against cancer. But its main activity has nothing to do with funding research or paying for cancer treatment. Instead, the charity collects donated goods — including shampoo, DVDs and air fresheners — and ships them across the nation to dying patients and the families who have gone broke trying to save them.

Cancer patients get help to make their lives a little easier. But while gift baskets are made up of trinkets and toiletries, for-profit fundraisers take home millions of dollars every year. CFA's founder and at least a dozen other family members earn a total of $1 million in salaries from CFA and four spin-off charities.

The waste has been going on for decades. Year after year CFA raises millions and sends 82 percent to its for-profit fundraisers. Over the past decade, fundraisers have collected $98 million in donations. Patients have gotten less than $1 million in direct cash aid over those 10 years, IRS records show.

[blue neen]

1. That's quite an alarming list.

It's good to know.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. I always check charitynavigator.org before donating, but several

of the smaller outfits are not even listed.

The apparent misappropriation of funds intended to help others REALLY pisses me off, especially when funds are (allegedly) used for personal enrichment.
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[blue neen]

4. Thanks for the heads up on charitynavigator.

I checked it out...looks like a valuable website!

[Snarkoleptic]

2. If a bit of Facebook trolling will prevent a few people from donating to this outfit, I'm happy!

This is a "cancer charity", which, on 11/15, posted an video "Cancer patient chooses death over Obamacare". Quote "...insurance guy told me, it was beyond a catastrophic, uh previous condition". This guy is blaming the ACA for his insurance company dropping him over a preexisting condition.

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[brooklynite]

5. I have a "big five" list we give to every year

1. Planned Parenthood
2. Doctors without Borders
3. Feeding America
4. American Red Cross
5. NY Times Neediest Cases Fund

[Snarkoleptic]

6. Now that's a list of causes I can get behind.

What boils my blood is the possibility that such outfits as "Cancer Fund of America, Inc." would divert even a dime from one of these worthy causes.

Troll them here, if you feel it would return funding to more worthy charities-
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cancer-Fund-of-America-Inc/113815632775