komen for the cure ceo

[Danzig]

http://www.charitynavigator.org/

[bigrun]

Many of the charities that poured money from donors into the bank accounts of for-profit solicitation companies have names that sound similar to respected national charities and typically have easy-to-support causes as part of their names, including "breast cancer," "firefighters" and "children's cancer."

Here are the 10 worst charities in America from the list compiled by the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Tampa Bay Times, along with the percentage of money raised that went to the supposed cause:

1.Kids Wish Network (2.5%)
2.Cancer Fund of America (0.9%)
3.Children's Wish Foundation International (10.8%)
4.American Breast Cancer Foundation (5.3%)
5.Firefighters Charitable Foundation (8.4%)
6.Breast Cancer Relief Foundation (2.2%)
7.International Union of Police Associations (0.5%)
8.National Veterans Service Fund (7.8%)
9.American Association of State Troopers (8.6%)
10.Children's Cancer Fund of America (5.3%)
The charities were ranked based on how much money they spent on solicitors. Kids Wish Network paid about $110 million of $128 million raised to fundraisers, the report said.


http://money.msn.com/saving-money-ti...orst-charities

[Danzig]

i read a few months back that many 'charities' hire telemarketers to do their fundraising, and the telemarketers get 50% of the take.
i know many years ago, i sent a donation to a charity that my mother had always supported. i got inundated with mailers after that, asking for more money. i'm sure the bulk of my donation went towards getting me pestered for more.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i read a few months back that many 'charities' hire telemarketers to do their fundraising, and the telemarketers get 50% of the take.
i know many years ago, i sent a donation to a charity that my mother had always supported. i got inundated with mailers after that, asking for more money. i'm sure the bulk of my donation went towards getting me pestered for more.

Not to mention that charities make a lot of money selling their mailing lists to other charities, which is why you get inundated with requests from other charities.

Mailing lists are worth a lot. Ron Paul recently tried to get supporters who were running ronpaul.com to give him the domain name. They offered him ronpaul.org, I believe, but said they should be paid $250,000 for .com, as it came with a mailing list of 170,000 that they had compiled over the years. He didn't want to pay, and complained to the United Nations, which told him to get the f*ck out.

I would have thought Ron Paul, of all people, would have respected the rules of the free market. But I guess the only part he really wanted was the "free" part.

So yeah, mailing lists. Worth a lot.

On the bright side, I went years without having to print my own return address labels, thanks to unsolicited requests from charities.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Not to mention that charities make a lot of money selling their mailing lists to other charities, which is why you get inundated with requests from other charities.

Mailing lists are worth a lot. Ron Paul recently tried to get supporters who were running ronpaul.com to give him the domain name. They offered him ronpaul.org, I believe, but said they should be paid $250,000 for .com, as it came with a mailing list of 170,000 that they had compiled over the years. He didn't want to pay, and complained to the United Nations, which told him to get the f*ck out.

I would have thought Ron Paul, of all people, would have respected the rules of the free market. But I guess the only part he really wanted was the "free" part.

So yeah, mailing lists. Worth a lot.

On the bright side, I went years without having to print my own return address labels, thanks to unsolicited requests from charities.

yeah, i get those labels too. didn't think about the mailing list part, that makes sense.
i went to a website several years ago to opt out of junk mail. that cut a lot of that.
tony and i went to an rv show a few months ago, and of course filled out slips for a 'chance to win ____'. a few days later, i got a call from a telemarketer. i asked how she got my number, it was from that show. lesson learned, i won't fill those out again.

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, i get those labels too. didn't think about the mailing list part, that makes sense.
i went to a website several years ago to opt out of junk mail. that cut a lot of that.
tony and i went to an rv show a few months ago, and of course filled out slips for a 'chance to win ____'. a few days later, i got a call from a telemarketer. i asked how she got my number, it was from that show. lesson learned, i won't fill those out again.

Yep....Been through that....

Wife and I filled out cards for a "Free Trip" at a kids show figuring it was controlled by the ownership of the show. We both received calls. It was a trip, but it wasn't free and had some other junk to go with it.......Just like you said....lesson learned.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

Yep....Been through that....

Wife and I filled out cards for a "Free Trip" at a kids show figuring it was controlled by the ownership of the show. We both received calls. It was a trip, but it wasn't free and had some other junk to go with it.......Just like you said....lesson learned.

My dad, who is the mildest pushover in everything else in his life, has a spine of steel when it comes to those "come hear a pitch for a time share/sales product/whatever and get a free gift!" things. He happily shows up, listens to the pitch, refuses, listens to the harder sell, refuses again, and keeps refusing until they give up and give him his restaurant gift card or whatever it is they're offering. The time share people HATE him. It's kind of hilarious.