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 | Cancer Survivors' Fund | 7.8% | 88.3% |
| 2 | Firefighters Charitable Foundation | 7.0% | 87.4% |
| 3 | The Association for Firefighters & Paramedics | 5.3% | 80.2% |
| 4 | Wishing Well Foundation USA | 7.2% | 79.5% |
| 5 | Children's Charity Fund, Inc. | 6.7% | 79.4% |
| 6 | California Police Youth Charities | 13.5% | 77.1% |
| 7 | Police Athletic League of New Jersey | 28.7% | 60.9% |
| 8 | Kids Wish Network | 23.2% | 57.4% |
| 9 | New England Paralyzed Veterans of America | 35.7% | 55.9% |
| 10 | Law Enforcement Education Program | 19.7% | 54.7% |
