Worst Charities to Donate

Politics/Social Issues - Politics - General

By: goodselfme 07-Aug-2011

Introduction:

Do your homework and check them out on charitynavigator.com The link at the end of this article will bring you to the website for you to check on all these charities. That is a neutral site that will give you all the information about charities you inquire about without bias.

Humane Society of the United States

This is the largest animal organization in the world with hundreds of branches all over the United States and world. The main branch in the United States is in Washington DC simply because of the CORE purpose of the organization. This is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization that also receives grant money from the government for designated animal efforts. Less than one percent of all donated funds actually go toward helping animals in the ways people donate money to the Humane Society of the United States. Lobbying is a heavy expenditure along with heafty salaries and lots of fringe benefits to the top people in this organization. Look online and view the tax records to verify these statements.Less than 50% of all the donors realize the funds they give does not help the animals that are pictured in the expensive ads. Furthermore many of the raids the HSUS performs actually endangers the confiscated animals because the animals are then transferred to over crowded shelters and then killed rather than saved or adopted.

United Way

President Brian Gallagher received a base salary of $1,037,410 in 2008 according to the Better Business Bureau. In addition numerous paid expenses were given to him. If you rely on snopes have a look there to verify info here. 15 years ago the United Way was the focus of scandals and then they cleaned up the mess still leaving the United Way with problems of money disbursement. The fund distribution can be compared to the Salvation Army's Commissioner, Todd Bassett who receives a yearly salary of $64,210 in 2004 and $34,116 housing for managing the 2 BILLION dollar organization. In addition Salvation Army donates 96% of every dollar to the cause. Comparing these two organizations is not a just thing to do since it puts Todd in the same company with the United Way which is not JUST to do. Ralph Dickerson Jr. is now collecting a salary of $420,000 as the president of United Way.

American Red Cross

Former President and CEO Marsha J. Evans took a salary of $651,957 a year ending in 2004.In addition to the lofty salary, expenses were part of the package of her American Red Cross affiliation. Many problems have been stated by numerous people who have had improper dealings with the American Red Cross. Do your own research to discover where donations are spent. Eyes can be opened to some American Red Cross information by reading the wikipedia.org statements and then following up to verify those statements. Because they rely on donations you will not be able to view their financial spread sheet online, however if requested from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)government money supplied to them can be obtained if the Red Cross received any.

Unicef

Caryl M. Stern is the CEO of UNICEF. The salary is $478,645 a year as stated by the Better Business Bureau in 2009. All of the expenses are a part of Caryl's salary.There is possible addition of a ROLLS ROYCE car costing above $200,000, however is not verifiable. Check the website rolls royce online to verify the base price of that vehicle. More disturbing is that far less of every dollar donated goes to the cause than most people know.Check this charity on Charity Navigator using the link below.Furthermore go to the website and dig deeply to view some enlightening information about Unicef that you might not know now. Read about people's experiences to gain a lot of information too.

Peta

Prevention and Ethical Treatment of Animals is not an organization that LIKES animals. Their statistics from court records prove they actually murder, slaughter and ship out animals that are left in their possession. Newkirk has been with PETA since its conception. Her bio is enough to make an animal lover ill. Check out the 501 (c) 3 online records that will verify both the astronomical number of the killing of animals on their forms and the money issues too. Because PETA has been in so many hot situations, they have more than 3 full time paid lawyers to handle legal matters for the organization.Public court records in Virginia will divulge a little about the truth regarding PETA.

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goodselfme 4/24/2013
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It is ever more important to do in depth research to know who you can trust when it comes to donating money. Charity Navigator is a well known thermometer to tell you who is good and who is not. they actually don't get paid for searching out the facts they give people.
goodselfme 1/26/2013
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An interesting fact is that the two people commenting on this list to the contrary of the facts here, are not contributing members on this site. They actually joined to comment on my list. Check out their accounts and view only one point which was spent on my list. This suggests they are employees and paid to scan people who write against these entities. They continue to comment on my other writing sites as well.
goodselfme 8/11/2012
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These bots follow my articles on other sites as well. One actually debated a person on another writing site where similar facts were stated and backed up by other writers as well. The deception from these comments continues and is alive and well with the previous statements. Continue on to do your personal research to discover Judicial Watch and others backs up these facts in my list. Notice the other areas were not touched. Why? Perhaps the reason is employment to one of the commented areas exists.
Bthanne 7/17/2012
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Sorry to say (if you actually DO the research), you've been duped. Check out the organization called "Center for Consumer Freedom"- basically the most vile & despicable form of lobbyist garbage on the face of the earth. It's clients are the likes of the tobacco, fast food & meat companies that are spewing hateful lies simply due to the fact that they are FINALLY being exposed for their inhumane & unhealthy practices. I happen to know personally one of the state directors of HSUS (just one of the wrongly accused here) & not only do they get completely hands-on, rushing to the aid of animals (Katrina, etc.) but they live & breathe-gracefully- their altruistic cause. In order to save lives & end cruelty they NEED strength in legislation more than anything, so there's nothing wrong w/lobbying..for JUSTICE & GOOD. Please educate yourselves--the TRUTH WILL SET YOU-& everyone else, including the animals with no voice!- FREE.
hobokenjack 7/15/2012
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I did my homework on Charity Navigator, as you suggested, and I'm confused. They give the Humane Society 4 out of 4:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3848
United Way 4 out of 4:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4629
Red Cross 3 out of 4:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3277
UNICEF 3 out of 4:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4617
and PETA 3 out of 4:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4314
These hardly seem like the "worst" to me.
clewand550 2/2/2012
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Excellent list. H5.
clarbear 9/29/2011
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I never knew about your number 1 and 3. I never did like to donate to United Way not because of what you written but for other reasons like not helping the scouts because of what they stand for in one area. Thank for sharing this information.
goodselfme 8/12/2011
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Yes, Most people don't know how bad PETA and HSUS are. Thank you for your comment.