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Tag Archives: charitable commitment
Another sketchy charity trolls for cash in Seattle
National Vietnam Veterans Foundation d/b/a American Veterans Support Foundation spends very little of donations on good works Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities
Tagged American Veterans Support Foundation, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, charitable commitment, Charity Navigator, Eatontown, fundraising efficiency, J. Thomas Burch Jr, Midwest Publishing, National Vietnam Veterans Foundation, Oregon's 20 Worst Charities, Outreach Calling, Telecom Enterprises, William Burch, Wise Giving Alliance
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Seattle’s United Way of King County still gilds the lily
Nation’s biggest UW unit calculates its financial efficiency using a Leave Out Most of The Bad Stuff formula. Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities
Tagged Better Business Bureau, Bill and melinda Gates Foundation, charitable commitment, charitable financial efficiency, gilding the lily, King John, Moss Adams, Moss-Adams LLP, Shakespeare, United Way King County, United Way of King County, UWKC, Wise Giving Alliance
4 Comments
New cancer charity trolling in Seattle spent zilch of collected cash on mission
Of every $100 sent to Cancer Support Fund, only 14 cents went to true charity Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities
Tagged AC Services, American Association for Cancer Support, Associated Community Services, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Blue Source, Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Fund, charitable commitment, gift in kind, gifts-in-kind, GIK, Jula Connatser, Orden Del Malta Charity, Southfield MI, Washington State Secretary of State, World Assist
3 Comments
Police charity ranks among the scuzziest trolling in Seattle
National Police and Trooper Association benefits its members but not the public Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities
Tagged Al Capone, America's Worst Charities, American Association of State Troopers, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Better Business Bureau, charitable commitment, fundraising efficiency, International Association of Police Associations AFL-CIO, International Union of Police Associations, King County Police Union, My ID Club, National Police and Trooper Association, National Police and Troopers Association, Police Protective Fund, Public Safety Employees Union 519, Tampa Bay Times, United states Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Washington State Secretary of State, Wauwatosa
71 Comments
Dubious charity playing in Seattle scores a dubious hat trick
Most of what the Breast Cancer Research and Support Fund raises in cash benefits only the fundraiser Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities
Tagged BBB Wise Giving Alliance, BCRSF, Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, Breast Cancer Research and Support Fund, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, charitable commitment, charity reverse hat trick, Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation, Community Charity Advancement, Courtesy Call, donated medical goods, fundraising efficiency, gift in kind, gifts-in-kind, GIK, Lea Goldman, Marie Claire, Pompano Beach, Seattle Cancer Alliance, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seven Sisters of Healing, The Big Business of Breast Cancer, Wise Giving Alliance, World Help, World Helpless
82 Comments
Big Seattle charity cuts its bogusly high efficiency claim–a bit
United Way of King County is still making it up Continue reading
Really? Iffy charity says gift will benefit Seattle hospital
Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation spends a whole lot more on fundraising and telemarketing Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities
Tagged Associated Community Services, Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, charitable commitment, Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation, Chldren's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Dashiel Hammet, fundraising efficiency, gift in kind, gifts-in-kind, GIK, GIK valuation, Seattle Children's Hospital, The Maltese Falcon, United States Armed Forces Association, Vietnam Veterans of Washington State, Washington State Secretary of State
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Big Seattle charity makes another iffy financial efficiency claim
United Way of King County says its charitable commitment is an amazing 98% Continue reading
Crista Ministries reduces an efficiency claim–a little
Claim of 94% disappears after challenge Continue reading
Charity pleading for money in Seattle spent 0% on its mission
That’s the official data on Vietnam Veterans of Washington State Continue reading
