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 Police Officers Counseling Center | 4.4% | 94.6% |
| 2 | Cancer Survivors' Fund | 7.4% | 89.2% |
| 3 | Firefighters Charitable Foundation | 8.4% | 86.9% |
| 4 | The Committee for Missing Children | 11.1% | 86.7% |
| 5 | Operation Lookout | 9.8% | 84.2% |
| 6 | Wishing Well Foundation USA | 9.1% | 80.2% |
| 7 | National Vietnam Veterans Foundation | 9.7% | 79.8% |
| 8 | Law Enforcement Education Program | 3.0% | 79.3% |
| 9 | Children's Charity Fund, Inc. | 8.1% | 77.9% |
| 10 | National Police Defense Foundation | 17.3% | 77.2% |
