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 | 7.5% | 90.9% |
| 2 | Cancer Survivors' Fund | 6.9% | 90.2% |
| 3 | Firefighters Charitable Foundation | 10.2% | 84.4% |
| 4 | Operation Lookout | 11.4% | 82.2% |
| 5 | Wishing Well Foundation USA | 8.5% | 80.9% |
| 6 | Children's Charity Fund, Inc. | 8.1% | 77.9% |
| 7 | United States Deputy Sheriff's Association | 14.8% | 69.4% |
| 8 | Dakota Indian Foundation | 19.9% | 60.2% |
| 9 | National Veterans Services Fund, Inc. | 17.4% | 55.9% |
| 10 | Police Athletic League of New Jersey | 39.5% | 48.8% |
