10 Charities Overpaying their For-Profit Fundraisers
These 10 charities spend 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 | 8.4% | 87.8% |
| 2 | Firefighters Charitable Foundation | 7.3% | 87.0% |
| 3 | The Association for Firefighters & Paramedics | 5.3% | 80.2% |
| 4 | California Police Youth Charities | 17.6% | 77.8% |
| 5 | Childhood Leukemia Foundation | 23.1% | 68.1% |
| 6 | HonorBound Foundation | 26.3% | 66.4% |
| 7 | Kids Wish Network | 19.7% | 61.0% |
| 8 | Police Athletic League of New Jersey | 28.7% | 60.9% |
| 9 | California Police Activities League | 32.2% | 56.6% |
| 10 | Find the Children | 27.6% | 52.6% |
