Similar to too many animal welfare charities, beware that too many fundraising charities, including those well known for fundraising to try and cure well known diseases like cancer and heart, may actually use up to 90% of the funds raised through donations for marketing and overhead costs to raise even more money for the charity! This means maybe only 10% or less may even go to actually seeking a cure for the human disease!
Too often the salaries paid to the fundraiser executives are huge compared to what the average American earns each year. However, this mentality finds its way all the way down the fundraising food chain meaning the person on the street you see with a bucket collecting for donations these donation collectors may keep for themselves up to 50% to 75% or more of what they collect!
SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: FROM THE BOOK TITLED “KNOCKOUT” BY SUZANNE SOMERS DECEMBER 2009