{"id":37860,"date":"2013-06-20T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/give-till-it-hurts-and-it-still-wont-help-much.html"},"modified":"2013-06-30T17:54:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T23:54:27","slug":"give-till-it-hurts-and-it-still-wont-help-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/give-till-it-hurts-and-it-still-wont-help-much.html","title":{"rendered":"Give till it hurts and it still won't help much"},"content":{"rendered":"
America's worst charities, defined by what proportion of their money-raising goes to their cause, vs. goes to the people who are doing the money-raising.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>John E. Bredehoft<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Dean Reimer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some US "charities" to avoid like the plague. Your donations do little but fatten the pockets of the people soliciting from you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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America’s Worst Charities<\/a>
\n Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the name of dying children and their families. Every year, it squanders almost every penny. The money gets diverted to enrich the charity’s operators and the for-profit companies Kids Wish hires to drum up donations.\n <\/p>\n

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America's worst charities, defined by what proportion of their money-raising goes to their cause, vs. goes to the people who are doing the money-raising. (h\/t +John E. Bredehoft) Reshared post from +Dean Reimer Here are some US "charities" to avoid like the plague. 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