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Saturday, September 24, 2016

Horrible Cancer Charities


I've been doing some research on different charities and the worst are cancer charities. Cancer is a large problem, but there are too many cancer charities making money off their donors. It's so sad. I don't know how people can live with themselves knowing that their million dollar salary was donated for cancer research. I think the biggest problem is there is too much trust. People should trust charities. It should be expected that when you donate to a charity, the money will go towards the cause. But that is simply not always true and you have to be aware that there are charities that make a profit from your donations.
  1. Cancer Fund of America. There are a lot of really bad cancer foundations in America, which is really sad, but true. This foundation has been said to be spending $80 million to corporate solicitors over the last ten years. 
  2. The Make A Wish Foundation. This is another cancer-type foundation. It's not technically cancer-specific, but it effects mostly cancer victims. It's overhead costs are estimated to be around 90% of the proceeds from fundraising. The Kids Wish Foundation, which is very similar, is much worse! Only $3.2 million of the $127.8 billion has actually gone towards its mission of granting wishes for dying children.
  3. The American Breast Cancer Societies. These cancer charities are the worst! This particular charity pays 75% of its donations to the telemarketing company that is run by the founder's son. In recent years though, the company was forced to terminate that agreement and is now dedicating more money towards breast cancer. 
  4. The American Breast Cancer Relief Society. The Tampa Bay Times went through and ranked the top fifty worst charities. This was number six. Only 2.2% of the donations actually goes to cancer research for this charity. 
  5. National Cancer Coalition. Only 1.3% of donations goes to the cause for this charity. 
  6. Disable Police Officers Counselling Center. I know this one doesn't have anything to do with cancer research, but i had to include because only 0.1% of the donations go to police officers. I don't know if it can even be considered a charity. 

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