Well-run charities in the U.S. use their own staff to raise funds, and spend most of the donations on easily verifiable activities. Experts say a charity should spend less than 35 cents on the dollar for fundraising.
The underbelly of the charity game looks a lot different.
A report published last week by the Tampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting, based on a year-long investigation, identified some 6,000 charities that pay huge shares of their donations to for-profit companies to raise money for them.
http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/
The underbelly of the charity game looks a lot different.
A report published last week by the Tampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting, based on a year-long investigation, identified some 6,000 charities that pay huge shares of their donations to for-profit companies to raise money for them.
http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/
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