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Charity Checkout Donations 101

December 27, 2022

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Charity Checkout Donations 101

Dec 27, 2022

"If everything's above board, that store is really just acting like an agent...they're really just taking your money and then at some point in the future passing it on to the charity," CharityWatch executive director, Laurie Styro...

"If everything's above board, that store is really just acting like an agent...they're really just taking your money and then at s...

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5 Steps For Informed Giving

Nov 22, 2022

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity to support...

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a Char...

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A Personal Message & Top-Rated Charities for Breast Cancer A...

Oct 07, 2022

View CharityWatch's list of Top-Rated cancer charities for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and watch our executive director's personal message about how this disease has touched her own life.

View CharityWatch's list of Top-Rated cancer charities for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and watch our executive director's person...

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Retiring Executive of Low-Rated Cancer Charity Receives $500...

Sep 07, 2022

In the year of retirement Kelly B. Browning, Executive Vice President of the American Institute for Cancer Research, received total compensation of $909,189, including $500,000 of "other reportable compensation..."

In the year of retirement Kelly B. Browning, Executive Vice President of the American Institute for Cancer Research, received tota...

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Nonprofit Compensation Packages of $1 Million or More

Jul 14, 2022

Does your favorite charity pay $1 million or more in compensation to its leader or other staff members? View this list of highly paid leaders in the nonprofit sector...

Does your favorite charity pay $1 million or more in compensation to its leader or other staff members? View this list of highly p...

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Taxpayer Subsidized PPP Funds Went to Charities with Failing...

May 25, 2022

Many highly inefficient charities with histories of very low program spending and "F" ratings from CharityWatch received taxpayer subsidized PPP funds that could have been better utilized by other, much more efficient nonprofits....

Many highly inefficient charities with histories of very low program spending and "F" ratings from CharityWatch received taxpayer ...

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Non-cash Donations Obscure How Efficiently A Charity Is Real...

Feb 08, 2022

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations through its books, it can make itself appear to be operating highly efficiently. ...

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations t...

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Breast Cancer Cause-Related Marketing: Buyer Beware

Oct 18, 2021

Watch "Breast Cancer Products Bring In Big Money — But to Whom" for CharityWatch Executive Director, Laurie Styron's contribution to this topic.

Watch "Breast Cancer Products Bring In Big Money — But to Whom" for CharityWatch Executive Director, Laurie Styron's contributio...

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October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Oct 05, 2021

As of the end of 2020, there were nearly 8 million women alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer within the past 5 years, according to the World Health Organization.

As of the end of 2020, there were nearly 8 million women alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer within the past 5 years, acco...

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American Breast Cancer Foundation

Aug 15, 2021

When a charity's reported improvements are the result of real changes to its operations, it's a good thing. It's a bad thing when the only thing that has really changed is how the charity self-reports its financial information on ...

When a charity's reported improvements are the result of real changes to its operations, it's a good thing. It's a bad thing when ...

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Fundraisers for ‘F’ Rated Charities Hit with a Combined ...

May 19, 2021

In separate actions in January 2021 and September 2020, the FTC joined forces with state charity regulators across the country to crack down on the predatory fundraising practices of for-profit companies soliciting donations on be...

In separate actions in January 2021 and September 2020, the FTC joined forces with state charity regulators across the country to ...

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Nearly 20 CharityWatch 'F' Rated Charities Cited in FTC Comp...

Mar 05, 2021

CharityWatch has different tools in our toolbox than the FTC and state charity regulators. As an independent charity watchdog organization, we are often able to warn donors about inefficient charities and predatory fundraising sch...

CharityWatch has different tools in our toolbox than the FTC and state charity regulators. As an independent charity watchdog orga...

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Good Riddance ‘F’ Rated Charities

Jul 16, 2020

(Updated March 2, 2023) CharityWatch analysts collectively spend more than 1,000 hours each year analyzing and reporting on the financial waste and questionable practices we uncover. We warn donors about inefficient charities...

(Updated March 2, 2023) CharityWatch analysts collectively spend more than 1,000 hours each year analyzing and reporting on the fi...

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‘Scam PACs’ Are On the Rise: Don’t Confuse Them for Le...

Jun 17, 2020

Political action committees, also known as PACs, are not the same thing as public charities, but some questionable actors from the charity world may be confusing donors into thinking otherwise. These individuals appear to be opera...

Political action committees, also known as PACs, are not the same thing as public charities, but some questionable actors from the...

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'False Financial Reporting Scheme' Leads to Shut Down of Can...

Mar 23, 2018

According to a Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction, dated March 8, 2018, in the matter of The People of the State of California v. The National Cancer Coalition, The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) has been shut down. In a co...

According to a Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction, dated March 8, 2018, in the matter of The People of the State of Californi...

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Florida AG Seeking Shut Down of Charity Exploiting Causes fo...

Dec 27, 2017

"It is absolutely abhorrent to exploit families of fallen firefighters and breast cancer patients to steal from generous Floridians. …[E]very dollar given to a deceptive charity is a dollar that does not go to those in need. Thi...

"It is absolutely abhorrent to exploit families of fallen firefighters and breast cancer patients to steal from generous Floridian...

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Multiple Names + Exaggerated Programs = Two Related Charitie...

Sep 20, 2016

Veterans and cancer are two of the most popular charitable causes to which Americans direct significant donations. While these two causes seemingly have little to do with one another, one set of charities proves otherwise...

Veterans and cancer are two of the most popular charitable causes to which Americans direct significant donations. While these two...

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20+ Year-Old Charity that Solicited for Non-Existent Program...

Jan 27, 2016

National Children's Leukemia Foundation, a long-time "F"-rated charity by CharityWatch, is to be shut down under the terms of a settlement agreement announced in December 2015, but unfortunately, not before...

National Children's Leukemia Foundation, a long-time "F"-rated charity by CharityWatch, is to be shut down under the terms of a se...

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Long Running Family Charity Scheme Exposed

Jul 27, 2015

Unfortunately for most of us, we have been touched personally by cancer in some way. That makes it all the more shameful when bad actors in the charity world mislead good-intentioned donors under the ruse of helping cancer patient...

Unfortunately for most of us, we have been touched personally by cancer in some way. That makes it all the more shameful when bad ...

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New York Attorney General Sues Children's Leukemia Charity F...

Jul 21, 2015

From 2009 to 2013 National Children’s Leukemia Foundation raised nearly $10 million in charitable donations from generous donors throughout the United States. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office has filed a...

From 2009 to 2013 National Children’s Leukemia Foundation raised nearly $10 million in charitable donations from generous donors...

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FTC, D.C. and all 50 States Take Action Against F Rated Canc...

May 19, 2015

Four charities which have consistently earned F ratings, Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services, Children’s Cancer Fund of America and Breast Cancer Society, have been charged with bilking $187 ...

Four charities which have consistently earned F ratings, Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services, Children’s C...

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Plus Size Retirement Payouts Continue at American Cancer Soc...

Mar 02, 2015

Executives at the American Cancer Society certainly have not been strangers to CharityWatch's list of Top 25 Compensation Packages and have come under fire before for eye-popping pay. So it's not surprising to...

Executives at the American Cancer Society certainly have not been strangers to CharityWatch's list of Top 25 Compensation Packages...

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The GuideStar Exchange Program: Sometimes Gold, Silver and B...

May 01, 2014

If we see a gold insignia associated with a charity, that charity must be a highly worthy one to which to donate, right? Unfortunately, this may not always be true, and in the case of the GuideStar Exchange program, even unworthy,...

If we see a gold insignia associated with a charity, that charity must be a highly worthy one to which to donate, right? Unfortuna...

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Update: Good Charity You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover or ...

Apr 09, 2014

Good Charity has been operating for less than the three-year period CharityWatch requires before a rating is conducted, but our initial research and follow-up review shows ample reason for concern regarding the creation of Good Ch...

Good Charity has been operating for less than the three-year period CharityWatch requires before a rating is conducted, but our in...

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