The Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report published by CharityWatch offers a variety of articles researched and written by our staff. Below are samples of the typical charity news stories found in every issue. Some articles focus on a particular charity while other articles focus on nonprofit topics such as solicitations and charity governance.

Charity Topics

Accountability

• You Can't Have Your (Angel Food) Cake and Eat It Too

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

• Think! Before You JustGive

• Taxpayers Pay for Televangelists' Lavish Lifestyles

• Fundraisers Ordered to Pay $18.8 Million and Banned from Soliciting Forever

• Nobel Prize Nominee's Charity Wins No Award for Accountability

• Charity Network Inflates Efficiency and Reduces Accountability

• (Mis)Understanding Special Events

• Veterans Charities Protest Their F's

• Inefficient, Tax-Delinquent, and Even Fake Charities Pass CFC Screens

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

• No Defense for Bad Accounting

• Group Takes Steps to Improve Its Own Health

• Beware of Inflated Charity Efficiency Claims!

• CharityWatch Method Better Judges Charity Efficiency: Why Oxfam Compares Better and UNICEF Worse

• Separation of Church and State Should Not Separate Donors from Information

American Indian Charities

• Thou Shalt Not Be Accountable Is Not a Commandment

• Indian Charity Accused of Lying

• Crafty Project: Employment Program or Clever Marketing?

• Funding Fundraising Opportunities

Children's Wish Charities

• Charity Grants Wishes of Founder's Companies

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

• Donors Grant Wish of Telemarketer

• Wishful Giving Goes Down the Well

Congressional Testimony

• CharityWatch President Daniel Borochoff's Testimony Before the House Oversight Committee Regarding Veterans Charities

• CharityWatch President Daniel Borochoff's Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight Regarding the Charities' Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

• CharityWatch President Daniel Borochoff's Congressional Testimony on Charities' Response to the 9/11 Terrorist Attack.

Donated Goods and Services

• View Through the Looking Glass

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

• Learning Ally "Unlearns" Reporting Rules and Inflates Program Efficiency

• Charity Network Inflates Efficiency and Reduces Accountability

• Charity Questions Value of Donated Goods

• Whoops! Gifts in Kind International Distributes $14.2 Million of Donated Goods to the Wrong Place

• CharityWatch Method Better Judges Charity Efficiency: Why Oxfam Compares Better and UNICEF Worse

• Appetite Stimulants for the Starving

Governance

• Red Cross Reputation Bloodied Again

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

• The Most Outrageous Charity in America: Larry Jones' Feed the Children

• Shriners Threatens to Close Hospitals

• Are Charity Boards Asleep at the Wheel?

• Know Your Red Crosses

• Leaked Report Alleges Wrongdoing within Shriners Hospitals for Children

• Never Again! Red Cross Needs Policy of Cooperation in Major Disasters

• Salvation Army Rates High on Finances but Low on Governance

Reforming Charities

• Look-Alike Charities Busted

• CharityWatch Calls for Resignation of Central Asia Institute's Founder Greg Mortenson

• Supreme Court Rules That Fundraisers Who Don't Lie Can Pocket 85% of Donations

• IRS Pulls Charity's Tax-Exempt Status

• Now Is The Time to Reform Veterans Charities

• 10 Essential Reforms to Regaining Trust in the Nonprofit Sector

• Undercover Investigation Reveals How Easy It Is to Set Up Phony Charity
  

Salaries

• Eye-Popping Pay

• Congressionally Scorned Charity Leader Receives $1.9 Million

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

• Debunking Charity Salary Myths

• Top 25 Charity Compensation Packages

Solicitations

• Scammer Uses Dead Soldier to Defraud Donors

• The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• Diagram of The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• F Rated Charity and Its Fundraiser Should Be Put on a Leash

• "100% to Program" Claims Confuse Donors

• Solicitation Train

• Charitable Giving Via Your Cellphone: Is the Convenience Worth It?

• Catchy Jingle Not a Green Light to Donate

• Weak Excuses for High Fundraising Costs

• F Rated Charities Awarded Best in America Seal

• Street Solicitations Promote Uninformed Giving

• A Wink and A Smile Train

• Soldiers Angels Lose Their Halos

• Bungled Charity Raffles Becomes Gateway to Fraud Allegations

• Matchless Matching Campaign

• Charity with Large Assets Pleads Poverty

• Buried in Solicitations

• Zero Fundraising Costs May Signify Zero Accountability

• Holiday Mission Ads May Mislead Public

• The Truth About Prospect Fundraising

Tips

• Tips for Giving Wisely

• Don't Judge a Not-For-Profit by Its Profits

• Easing The Pain of America's Economic Crisis

• Seven Tips for Reducing Unwanted Mail and Phone Appeals

• What You Need to Know to Donate Safely Online

• Tips for Donating Your Old Cell Phone

• New Charitable Reforms and Giving Incentives

• Car Donations: Taking Taxpayers for a Ride

• Tips for Donating a Car to Charity

• Don't Be Misled by Deceptive Business/Charity Marketing

• Eight Rungs of the Giving Ladder

• Sorting Out Nonprofit Pairs

Veterans Charities

• CharityWatch Research Shows Veterans Get Short End of Stick: Attorney General Sues F Rated Veterans Charity

• Look-Alike Charities Busted

• Scammer Uses Dead Soldier to Defraud Donors

• Phantom Veterans Charity Takes Flight: Leaves Veterans Behind

• Outstanding Veterans Charity Wrongly Given Low Marks by Others

• Congressionally Scorned Charity Leader Receives $1.9 Million

• Millions in Future Donations to Vets Charity Will Pay Debt Owed to Vendors

• Veterans Charities Protest Their F's

• Our Veterans Deserve Better from America's Charities

• Soldiers Angels Lose Their Halos

• CharityWatch President Daniel Borochoff's Testimony Before the House Oversight Committee Regarding Veterans Charities

Charity

Air Force Aid Society

• Our Veterans Deserve Better From America's Charities

American Breast Cancer Foundation

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

American Association of State Troopers Scholarship Foundation

• "100% to Program" Claims Confuse Donors

American Cancer Society

• Eye-Popping Pay

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

American Health Assistance Foundation

• Group Takes Steps to Improve Its Own Health

American Indian Relief Council

• Indian Charity Accused of Lying

American Institute for Cancer Research

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• Think! Before You JustGive

American Veterans Coalition

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

American Veterans Relief Foundation

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• Operation False Charity

AmeriCares

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Amvets National Headquarters

• Veterans Charities Protest Their F's

Angel Food Ministries

• You Can't Have Your (Angel Food) Cake and Eat It Too

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

Army Emergency Relief

• Our Veterans Deserve Better From America's Charities

Avon Foundation/Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

• Avon Raises Awareness for Its Cosmetics and For Breast Cancer

Asian Relief/World Villages for Children

• Charity with Large Assets Pleads Poverty

Blinded Veterans Association

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

Bread for the World

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

Breast Cancer Charities of America

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

Brother's Brother Foundation

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Cancer Fund of America

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

Caring for Our Children Foundation

• Operation False Charity

Central Asia Institute

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

• CharityWatch Calls for Resignation of Central Asia Institute's Founder Greg Mortenson

• Nobel Prize Nominee's Charity Wins No Award for Accountability

Charity: water / Charity Global

• "100% to Program" Claims Confuse Donors

Childhood Leukemia Foundation

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

Children's Cancer Assistance Network

• Operation False Charity

Children's Wish Foundation International

• Donors Grant Wish of Telemarketer

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

Coalition Against Breast Cancer

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

Coalition of Police and Sheriffs

• Operation False Charity

Coalition to Salute America's Heroes

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

Compassion International

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

Covenant House

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

Defenders of Wildlife

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• No Defense for Bad Accounting

Direct Relief International

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

Disabled Firefighters Fund

• Operation False Charity

Disabled Veterans National Foundation

• Millions in Future Donations to Vets Charity Will Pay Debt Owed to Vendors

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

Doctors Without Borders-USA

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

Don Stewart Association

• Charity Network Inflates Efficiency and Reduces Accountability

• Thou Shalt Not Be Accountable Is Not a Commandment

Feed My People's Children's Charities

• Charity Network Inflates Efficiency and Reduces Accountability

Feed the Children

• Feed the Children

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

• Are Charity Boards Asleep at the Wheel?

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

Fisher House Foundation

• Our Veterans Deserve Better From America's Charities

Food for the Hungry

• View Through the Looking Glass

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Food for the Poor

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

Gateway to a Cure

• Bungled Charity Raffles Become Gateway to Fraud Allegations

Gifts-In-Kind-International

• Whoops! Gifts in Kind International Distributes $14.2 Million of Donated Goods to the Wrong Place

Hale House

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

Help Hospitalized Veterans

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

• Congressionally Scorned Charity Leader Receives $1.9 Million

• Two Layers of F's

Help Wounded Heroes

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

The Hope School Foundation

• CharityWatch Schools Charity Foundation

Humane Society of the United States

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• Think! Before You JustGive

Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

• Outstanding Veterans Charity Wrongly Given Low Marks by Others

• Our Veterans Deserve Better From America's Charities

Jimmy Fund

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

Kars4Kids

• Catchy Jingle Not a Green Light to Donate

Kids Wish Network

• Charity Grants Wishes of Founder's Companies

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

• "100% to Program" Claims Confuse Donors

Learning Ally

• Learning Ally "Unlearns" Reporting Rules and Inflates Program Efficiency

Livestrong Foundation

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

MAP International

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation

• Executive Director Fired

• Charity Whistle-Blower Booted From Board

• Veterans Charities Protest Their F's

National Association of Chiefs of Police

• All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

National Cancer Coalition

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

•  The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

• Cancer Charities Need Dose of Organizational Chemotherapy

National Foundation for Cancer Research

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

National Relief Charities

• Indian Charity Accused of Lying

Native American Heritage Association

• Funding Fundraising Opportunities

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

• Our Veterans Deserve Better From America's Charities

Oorah

• Catchy Jingle Not a Green Light to Donate

Operation Blessing

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Operation USA

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

Orion Foundation

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Oxfam-America

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

• CharityWatch Method Better Judges Charity Efficiency: Why Oxfam Compares Better and UNICEF Worse

Paralyzed Veterans of America

• Veterans Charities Protest Their F's

Parkinson Research Foundation

• "Not So" GreatNonprofits

Planet Aid

• Planet Aid's "Recycling" Program, Debunked!

• Beware of Inflated Charity Efficiency Claims!

Project Hope

• View Through the Looking Glass

Red Cross

• Red Cross Reputation Bloodied Again

• Charitable Giving Via Your Cellphone: Is the Convenience Worth It?

• Red Cross Uses Donations to Pay Fines
  

• CharityWatch President Daniel Borochoff's Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight Regarding the Charities' Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  

• Know Your Red Crosses

• Never Again! Red Cross Needs Policy of Cooperation in Major Disasters

ReSurge International (formerly Interplast)

• Government Aid: A Life or Death Decision

Salesian Missions

• Thou Shalt Not Be Accountable Is Not a Commandment

Salvation Army

• Salvation Army Rates High on Finances but Low on Governance

Shiloh International Ministries

• Weak Excuses for High Fundraising Costs

Shriners Hospitals for Children

• Large Asset Charity Threatens to Close Hospitals

• Leaked Report Alleges Wrongdoing within Shriners Hospitals for Children

Smile Train

• Solicitation Train

• A Wink and a Smile Train

• "100% to Program" Claims Confuse Donors

Soldiers Angels

• Soldiers Angels Lose Their Halos

Southwest Indian Foundation

• Crafty Project: Employment Program or Clever Marketing?

SPCA International

• F Rated Charity and Its Fundraiser Should Be Put on a Leash

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

St. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School

• Thou Shalt Not Be Accountable Is Not a Commandment

St. Joseph's Indian School

• Thou Shalt Not Be Accountable Is Not a Commandment

UNICEF

• CharityWatch Method Better Judges Charity Efficiency: Why Oxfam Compares Better and UNICEF Worse

Union of Concerned Scientists

• Matchless Matching Campaign

United States Navy Veterans Association

• Phantom Veterans Charity Takes Flight: Leaves Veterans Behind

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

• Diagram: The Connected World of Charitable Fundraising

United Way of America

• CharityWatch Hall of Shame

Veterans Support Organization

• Senators Call for Investigation of VSO for Abuse of Tax-exempt Status

Vietnam Veterans of America

• Vietnam Veterans of America "Recycling" Program Debunked

Vietnow

• Supreme Court Rules That Fundraisers Who Don't Lie Can Pocket 85% of Donations

Water Missions International

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation

Wishing Well Foundation

• Wishful Giving Goes Down the Well

World Vision

• View Through the Looking Glass

• The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation