![]() American Foundation For Disabled Children - Donations: $16.4 million / Solicitor Profits: $13.4 millionĢ4. Woman To Woman Breast Cancer Foundation - Donations: $14.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $13.7 millionĢ3. ![]() National Cancer Coalition - Donations $41.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $14.0 millionĢ2. Police Protective Fund - Donations: $34.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $14.8 millionĢ1. Vietnow National Headquarters - Donations: $18.1 million / Solicitor Profits: $15.9 millionĢ0. United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association - Donations: $23.1 million/Solicitor Profits: $15.9 millionġ9. Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth - Donations: $19.6 million/Solicitor Profits: $16.1 millionġ8. National Caregiving Foundation-Donations: $22.3 million/Solicitor Profits: $18.1 millionġ7. Project Cure (Bradenton, Fla.) - Donations:$51.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $20.4 millionġ6. Association for Firefighters and Paramedics - Donations:$23.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $20.8 millionġ5. Committee For Missing Children - Donations: $26.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $23.8 millionġ4. Youth Development Fund - Donations: $29.7 million / Solicitor Profits: $24.5 millionġ3. ![]() Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation - Donations: $34.7 million / Solicitor Profits: $27.6 millionġ2. Children's Cancer Fund of America - Donations: $37.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $29.2 millionġ1. American Association of State Troopers - Donations: $45.0 million / Solicitor Profits: $36.0 millionġ0. National Veterans Service Fund - Donations: $70.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $36.9 millionĩ. International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO - Donations: $57.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $41.4 millionĨ. Breast Cancer Relief Foundation - Donations: $63.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $44.8 millionħ. Firefighters Charitable Foundation - Donations: $63.8 million / Solicitor Profits: $54.7 millionĦ. American Breast Cancer Foundation - Donations: $80.8 million / Solicitor Profits:$59.8 millionĥ. ![]() Children's Wish Foundation International - Donations: $96.8 million / Solicitor Profits $63.6 millionĤ. Cancer Fund of America - Donations: $98.0 million / Solicitor Profits: $80.4 millionģ. Kids Wish Network - Donations: $127.8 million / Solicitor Profits: $109.8 millionĢ. According to the organization’s website, 100 percent of its profits are donated to the Kids Wish Network’s Guardian Angel Fund.ġ. The worst-offending charity was “ Kids Wish Network,” an organization that claims to work toward “infusing hopes, creating happy memories and improving the quality of life for children having experienced live-altering situations.” The investigation claims tax records from the network, which was originally created in 1997, found that more than $109 million of its $127.8 million in profits was given to solicitors. Other techniques including mimicking the names of reliable charities and operating under the guise of buzzwords such as “breast cancer” and “children’s cancer" were also found to be common. Researchers behind the claims state that a majority of the groups included on the list utilize telephone solicitation to gather a majority of their profits. The charities were ranked based on how much they spent on employing for-profit fundraisers used to bring in funds. According to a report from MSN, some of the flamed charities have been cited by the Better Business Bureau for their controversial distribution of profits. charities, an alleged 11 cents or less of each dollar donated went to the actual cause. Petersburg, Fla., paper Tampa Bay Times studied the tax records of 6,000 charities that utilize the services of paid fundraisers, only to uncover that for 50 U.S. The Center for Investigative Reporting and the St. how much is actually contributed to their specified causes. based on how much the organizations’ fundraisers pocket vs. With the help of federal tax filings, a recent study revealed the 50 worst charities in the U.S. Your donations to charity may be helping more than just those in need. ![]()
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