10 Charities Drowning in Administrative Costs
These 10 charities are not models of efficiency. Each directs more than 48% of its budget towards administrative costs. That means most of your money goes toward such expenses as liability insurance, accounting and legal services, administrative salaries, and investment expenses, not the programs you aim to support.
| Rank | Charity | Administrative Expense | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Tract Society | 68.0% | |
| 2 | Boys Choir of Harlem | 66.3% | |
| 3 | National Council of Negro Women | 64.0% | |
| 4 | Bay Area Discovery Museum | 60.7% | |
| 5 | The Fresno Metropolitan Museum | 58.4% | |
| 6 | Cherokee National Historical Society | 58.2% | |
| 7 | Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art | 57.5% | |
| 8 | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame | 55.1% | |
| 9 | Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii | 49.2% | |
| 10 | Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation | 48.8% |
