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Comment by Ria on June 17, 2013 at 12:30am

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26. Veterans Assistance Foundation — Donations: $12.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $11.0 million

27. Children's Charity Fund — Donations: $14.3 million / Solicitor Profits: $10.5 million

28. Wishing Well Foundation USA — Donations: $12.4 million / Solicitor Profits: $9.8 million

29. Defeat Diabetes Foundation — Donations: $13.8 million / Solicitor Profits: $8.3 million

30. Disabled Police Officers of America Inc. — Donations: $10.3 million / Solicitor Profits: $8.1 million

31. National Police Defense Foundation — Donations: $9.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $7.8 million

32. American Association of the Deaf & Blind — Donations: $10.3 million / Solicitor Profits: $7.8 million

33. Reserve Police Officers Association — Donations: $8.7 million / Solicitor Profits: $7.7 million

34. Optimal Medical Foundation — Donations: $7.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $7.6 million

35. Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation — Donations: $9.0 million / Solicitor Profits:$7.6 million

36. Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center — Donations:$8.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $6.9 million

37. Children's Leukemia Research Association — Donations: $9.8 million / Solicitor Profits: $6.8 million

38. United Breast Cancer Foundation — Donations: $11.6 million / Solicitor Profits: $6.6 million

39. Shiloh International Ministries—Donations: $8.0 million/Solicitor Profits:$6.2 million

40. Circle of Friends For American Veterans—Donations: $7.8 million/Solicitor Profits: $5.7 million

41. Find the Children—Donations: $7.6 million/ Solicitor Profits: $5.0 million

42. Survivors and Victims Empowered—Donations: $7.7 million/Solicitor Profits: $4.8 million

43. Firefighters Assistance Fund—Donations: $5.6 million/Solicitor Profits: $4.6 million

44. Caring for Our Children Foundation—Donations:$4.7 million /Solicitor Profits: $4.1 million

45. National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition—Donations: $4.8 million/Solicitor Profits: $4.0 million

46. American Foundation for Children With Aids—Donations:$5.2 million/Solicitor Profits: $3.0 million

47. Our American Veterans—Donations:$2.6 million/Solicitor Profits: $2.3 million

48. Roger Wyburn-Mason & Jack M. Blount Foundation For Eradication of Rheumatoid Disease—Donations: $8.4 million/Solicitor Profits: $1.8 million

49. Firefighters Burn Fund—Donations: $2.0 million/Solicitor Profits: $1.7 million

50. Hope Cancer Fund—Donations: $1.9 million/Solicitor Profits: $1.6 million

Comment by Ria on June 17, 2013 at 12:29am

Top 50 Worst Charities in America:

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1. Kids Wish Network — Donations: $127.8 million / Solicitor Profits: $109.8 million

2. Cancer Fund of America — Donations: $98.0 million / Solicitor Profits: $80.4 million

3. Children's Wish Foundation International — Donations: $96.8 million / Solicitor Profits $63.6 million

4. American Breast Cancer Foundation — Donations: $80.8 million / Solicitor Profits:$59.8 million

5. Firefighters Charitable Foundation — Donations: $63.8 million / Solicitor Profits: $54.7 million

6. Breast Cancer Relief Foundation — Donations: $63.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $44.8 million

7. International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO — Donations: $57.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $41.4 million

8. National Veterans Service Fund — Donations: $70.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $36.9 million

9. American Association of State Troopers — Donations: $45.0 million / Solicitor Profits: $36.0 million

10. Children's Cancer Fund of America — Donations: $37.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $29.2 million

11. Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation — Donations: $34.7 million / Solicitor Profits: $27.6 million

12. Youth Development Fund — Donations: $29.7 million / Solicitor Profits: $24.5 million

13. Committee For Missing Children — Donations: $26.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $23.8 million

14. Association for Firefighters and Paramedics — Donations:$23.2 million / Solicitor Profits: $20.8 million

15. Project Cure (Bradenton, Fla.) — Donations:$51.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $20.4 million

16. National Caregiving Foundation—Donations: $22.3 million/Solicitor Profits: $18.1 million

17. Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth — Donations: $19.6 million/Solicitor Profits: $16.1 million

18. United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association — Donations: $23.1 million/Solicitor Profits: $15.9 million

19. Vietnow National Headquarters — Donations: $18.1 million / Solicitor Profits: $15.9 million

20. Police Protective Fund — Donations: $34.9 million / Solicitor Profits: $14.8 million

21. National Cancer Coalition — Donations $41.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $14.0 million

22. Woman To Woman Breast Cancer Foundation — Donations: $14.5 million / Solicitor Profits: $13.7 million

23. American Foundation For Disabled Children — Donations: $16.4 million / Solicitor Profits: $13.4 million

24. The Veterans Fund — Donations: $15.7 million / Solicitor Profits: $12.9 million

25. Heart Support of America — Donations: $33 million / Solicitor Profits: $11.0 million

Comment by Ria on June 17, 2013 at 12:27am

The nation's 50 worst charities have paid their solicitors nearly $1 billion over the past 10 years that could have gone to charitable works.

CNN's Drew Griffin researched and discovered:

• The 50 worst charities in America devote less than 4% of donations raised to direct cash aid. Some charities gave even less. Over a decade, one diabetes charity raised nearly $14 million and gave about $10,000 to patients. Six spent no cash at all on their cause.

• Even as they plead for financial support, operators at many of the 50 worst charities have lied to donors about where their money goes, taken multiple salaries, secretly paid themselves consulting fees or arranged fund-raising contracts with friends. One cancer charity paid a company owned by the president's son nearly $18 million over eight years to solicit funds. A medical charity paid its biggest research grant to its president's own for-profit company.

• Some nonprofits are little more than fronts for fund-raising companies, which bankroll their startup costs, lock them into exclusive contracts at exorbitant rates and even drive the charities into debt. Florida-based Project Cure has raised more than $65 million since 1998, but every year has wound up owing its fundraiser more than what was raised. According to its latest financial filing, the nonprofit is $3 million in debt.

• To disguise the meager amount of money that reaches those in need, charities use accounting tricks and inflate the value of donated dollar-store cast-offs - snack cakes and air fresheners - that they give to dying cancer patients and homeless veterans.

Read a full version of this report - http://www.tampabay.com/topics/specials/worst-charities1.page