
These 10 charities spend more than 50% of their budgets 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 |
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1 | Cancer Survivors' Fund | 8.5% | 88.1% |
2 | The Committee for Missing Children | 7.0% | 84.4% |
3 | California Police Youth Charities | 6.2% | 81.2% |
4 | Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation | 15.9% | 80.1% |
5 | Childhood Leukemia Foundation | 16.2% | 79.5% |
6 | Firefighters Charitable Foundation | 9.3% | 77.6% |
7 | Purple Heart Foundation | 18.1% | 62.8% |
8 | Kids Wish Network | 15.4% | 56.6% |
9 | HonorBound Foundation | 20.9% | 44.2% |
10 | Veterans Support Foundation | 25.1% | 43.4% |