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America's Worst Charities


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2014 Apr 23, 1:09am   1,500 views  11 comments

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http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the name of dying children and their families. Every year, it squanders almost every penny. The money gets diverted to enrich the charity’s operators and the for-profit companies Kids Wish hires to drum up donations. Sick children wind up with less than3 cents of every dollar raised. That has been the formula for 16 years, ever since Kids Wish mimicked the respected Make-A-Wish Foundation and launched its relentless drive for money. In the past decade alone, Kids Wish has channeled nearly $110 million donated for sick children to...

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1   MAGA   2014 Apr 23, 1:45am  

Some of these veteran charities are the worst. In the Bay Area, they typically take a homeless person, put them in front of a store, and have them beg for money as a homeless vet. They are rarely veterans.

2   Peter P   2014 Apr 23, 1:50am  

Sadly, I think private foundations will be the only real option. The founders actually care.

3   Ceffer   2014 Apr 23, 2:54am  

Charities are sociopath's playgrounds.

Just wave a funny looking kid in the air with a fancy label, and just watch the money roll in for cigars, coke and hookers, then toss the kid in a wood chipper.

4   Ceffer   2014 Apr 23, 3:36am  

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

And spread on toast with chipotle mayonnaise.

EEeeeeuw! That's horrible.

Dijon Mustard only!

5   MAGA   2014 Apr 23, 3:55am  

I think we should get a grant for Patrick.net from the Silly Valley Realtors.

http://www.silvar.org/index.cfm/charitable_foundation.htm

6   Ceffer   2014 Apr 23, 5:23am  

sbh says

At the closing for our house sale the Title company gave us the choice of which charity they donate to for each closing.

Most likely, charities to buy back the souls of Realtors from the devil.

7   MisdemeanorRebel   2014 Apr 23, 6:51am  

I was shocked about Goodwill paying less than the minimum wage, even to workers with years of experience -- while CEOs of the various regional Goodwills were making multiple six figures + all expenses paid.

9   RWSGFY   2024 May 19, 3:03pm  

Red Cross is the absolute worst of them.

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