And people ask why I don't trust charities

And this isn't even close to the worst one ... they give 30% to the actual cause, while some others give less than 10% to the actual cause.
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Piper · 61-69, F

Yeah...if true, that is surely disgraceful. The bright spot here, about most charities, is that they have to publicly disclose the percentage of donations that go to the actual cause, when requested. There are resources to check that out, before donating to one.

sstronaut

@Piper I very much agree, it's great that there are ways to research it... for those that aren't lazy.

But sadly most (including me) are lazy.

smiler2012 · 61-69

@sstronaut 🤔should this be the case this is terrible as a good percentage should go to the cause the money is meant for .if this is going into peoples pockets and not where it should go this is crimimal fraud taking mony under false pretences

sstronaut

@smiler2012 I can't speak for other countries, but this is (currently) legal in the US, as long as a certain percentage (I don't know the number, but I believe it's less than 10%) is going to the charity.

As the administration gets to claim they deserve to be paid for their work (and they do deserve to get paid something), the debate becomes what amount.

I wish their was a requirement for them to show up front, BOTH what percentage is actively going to the actual charity and also what amount is the highest amount of people being paid.

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ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M

Yeah I usually look em up and see what overhead they have. Charity Navigator seems good for that

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sstronaut

@FloorGenAdm No, we might need more big brothers like yours lol 😂

RedBaron · M

And what’s your solution?

sstronaut

@RedBaron Who said I have a solution?

But in theory, the government could demand that a certain percentage be given to the actually cause if you use certain words or phrases like Charity or Aid such as at least 50%.

RedBaron · M

@sstronaut Of course you don’t. But complaining about something as it exists without suggesting a solution is pretty lame.

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