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    50 Worst Charities

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    Rank Charity name Total raised by solicitors Paid to solicitors % spent on direct cash aid
    1 Kids Wish Network $127.8 million $109.8 million 2.5%
    2 Cancer Fund of America $98.0 million $80.4 million 0.9%
    3 Children's Wish Foundation International $96.8 million $63.6 million 10.8%
    4 American Breast Cancer Foundation $80.8 million $59.8 million 5.3%
    5 Firefighters Charitable Foundation $63.8 million $54.7 million 8.4%
    6 Breast Cancer Relief Foundation $63.9 million $44.8 million 2.2%
    7 International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO $57.2 million $41.4 million 0.5%
    8 National Veterans Service Fund $70.2 million $36.9 million 7.8%
    9 American Association of State Troopers $45.0 million $36.0 million 8.6%
    10 Children's Cancer Fund of America $37.5 million $29.2 million 5.3%
    11 Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation $34.7 million $27.6 million 0.6%
    12 Youth Development Fund $29.7 million $24.5 million 0.8%
    13 Committee For Missing Children $26.9 million $23.8 million 0.8%
    14 Association for Firefighters and Paramedics $23.2 million $20.8 million 3.1%
    15 Project Cure (Bradenton, FL) $51.5 million $20.4 million 0.0%
    16 National Caregiving Foundation $22.3 million $18.1 million 3.5%
    17 Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth $19.6 million $16.1 million 0.0%
    18 United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association $23.1 million $15.9 million 0.6%
    19 Vietnow National Headquarters $18.1 million $15.9 million 2.9%
    20 Police Protective Fund $34.9 million $14.8 million 0.8%
    21 National Cancer Coalition $41.5 million $14.0 million 1.1%
    22 Woman To Woman Breast Cancer Foundation $14.5 million $13.7 million 0.4%
    23 American Foundation For Disabled Children $16.4 million $13.4 million 0.8%
    24 The Veterans Fund $15.7 million $12.9 million 2.3%
    25 Heart Support of America $33.0 million $11.0 million 3.4%
    26 Veterans Assistance Foundation $12.2 million $11.0 million 10.5%
    27 Children's Charity Fund $14.3 million $10.5 million 2.3%
    28 Wishing Well Foundation USA $12.4 million $9.8 million 4.6%
    29 Defeat Diabetes Foundation $13.8 million $8.3 million 0.1%
    30 Disabled Police Officers of America Inc. $10.3 million $8.1 million 2.5%
    31 National Police Defense Foundation $9.9 million $7.8 million 5.8%
    32 American Association of the Deaf & Blind $10.3 million $7.8 million 0.1%
    33 Reserve Police Officers Association $8.7 million $7.7 million 1.1%
    34 Optimal Medical Foundation $7.9 million $7.6 million 1.0%
    35 Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation $9.0 million $7.6 million 1.0%
    36 Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center $8.2 million $6.9 million 0.1%
    37 Children's Leukemia Research Association $9.8 million $6.8 million 11.1%
    38 United Breast Cancer Foundation $11.6 million $6.6 million 6.3%
    39 Shiloh International Ministries $8.0 million $6.2 million 1.3%
    40 Circle of Friends For American Veterans $7.8 million $5.7 million 6.5%

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    40 Circle of Friends For American Veterans $7.8 million $5.7 million 6.5%
    41 Find the Children $7.6 million $5.0 million 5.7%
    42 Survivors and Victims Empowered $7.7 million $4.8 million 0.0%
    43 Firefighters Assistance Fund $5.6 million $4.6 million 3.2%
    44 Caring for Our Children Foundation $4.7 million $4.1 million 1.6%
    45 National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition $4.8 million $4.0 million 0.0%
    46 American Foundation for Children With Aids $5.2 million $3.0 million 0.0%
    47 Our American Veterans $2.6 million $2.3 million 2.3%
    48 Roger Wyburn-Mason & Jack M Blount Foundation For Eradication of Rheumatoid Disease $8.4 million $1.8 million 0.0%
    49 Firefighters Burn Fund $2.0 million $1.7 million 1.5%
    50 Hope Cancer Fund $1.9 million $1.6 million 0.5%

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    That's really sad. That is why I don't give to anyone's plexiglass donation bin at a market or anyone outside the store with a crafty looking bucket. I have a few big charities that are close to my heart....wondering how they measure up now...

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