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.
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