I went thru the article, but didn’t see any link to the List of the 50 worst charities. Did I miss it in my haste?
One of the better episodes came up about eighteen months ago in DC. One of the city council guys had created a fake foundation (complete with official paperwork), which was supposed to take a city grant, and move $450,000 over to help youth softball/baseball in the poor neighborhoods of DC.
ALL of the money...went to this guy. Nothing ever went to the kids. The DC office looking over these grants? They did nothing. The council guy ended up spending it on golf trips, a new motorcycle, and a SUV. I get the feeling that once the $450,000 had all been spent....he would have gone back for more. He was young enough....that he could have done this another dozen times over thirty years.
I never heard of a single one of the “charities” on their list.
Granted, some of the names on the list sound very much like well-known charities, which I assume are mostly on the level.
I think the foundations that many professional athletes should be on this list. I laugh when I read that Super Star “X” raised $100,000 for cancer research when the guy makes 15 million a year.
I do not know if it still does but several years ago World Vision managed to get over 90% of the money donated in to feeding the starving
This article could be posted at DU with the title, “50 fundraiser ideas.”
That one is interesting.
