10 Charities Overpaying their For-Profit Fundraisers
These 10 charities are not living up to their missions. Each spends more than 50% of its budget paying for-profit fundraising professionals to solicit your hard-earned money. They are ranked by the percentage of their total functional expenses spent on professional fundraising fees. As a result, very little of the charity's spending is directed towards its programs and services.
| Rank | Charity | Program Expenses | Professional Fundraising Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disabled Veterans Associations | 4.6% | 94.3% |
| 2 | Children's Charitable Foundation | 10.3% | 87.8% |
| 3 | Disabled Police Officers of America | 11.4% | 85.9% |
| 4 | Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center | 11.8% | 85.7% |
| 5 | Children's Charity Fund, Inc. | 5.4% | 82.9% |
| 6 | Firefighters Charitable Foundation | 11.0% | 82.8% |
| 7 | Coalition Against Breast Cancer | 12.7% | 80.6% |
| 8 | Wishing Well Foundation USA | 10.3% | 78.3% |
| 9 | Foundation for Children with Cancer | 23.5% | 68.0% |
| 10 | American Association of the Deaf-Blind | 23.8% | 62.2% |
