Ah it's hard not to be cynical sometimes

[Valmy]

http://www.tampabay.com/topics/specials/worst-charities1.page

Among the findings:

• The 50 worst charities in America devote less than 4 percent of donations raised to direct cash aid. Some charities give even less. Over a decade, one diabetes charity raised nearly $14 million and gave about $10,000 to patients. Six spent nothing at all on direct cash aid.

• Even as they plead for financial support, operators at many of the 50 worst charities have lied to donors about where their money goes, taken multiple salaries, secretly paid themselves consulting fees or arranged fundraising contracts with friends. One cancer charity paid a company owned by the president's son nearly $18 million over eight years to solicit funds. A medical charity paid its biggest research grant to its president's own for-profit company.

• Some nonprofits are little more than fronts for fundraising companies, which bankroll their startup costs, lock them into exclusive contracts at exorbitant rates and even drive the charities into debt. Florida-based Project Cure has raised more than $65 million since 1998, but every year has wound up owing its fundraiser more than what was raised. According to its latest financial filing, the nonprofit is $3 million in debt.

• To disguise the meager amount of money that reaches those in need, charities use accounting tricks and inflate the value of donated dollar-store cast-offs — snack cakes and air fresheners — that they give to dying cancer patients and homeless veterans.

I mean you know this stuff is going on but it is always amazing to see just how corrupt alot of these charities are.  Have you no decency sirs?

[Grey Fox]

And here you see why I never give money to charities.

plus you know, being poor.

[PDH]

I need to start me one of them charities.

[The Brain]

They know no rules of charity.

[Ed Anger]

I need to start me one of them charities.

I gave to the Human Fund.