Does money donated to charity ever get to the people we meant it for? ( Archived) (38)

No, I mean they must by law. If it is a legal charity/fundraiser.

guide for checking out charitable organizations

mind you, that is only a guide and it appears that the


is based for the most part on USA internal charities, not international in scope.

Is the guide a site created by and maintained by a fundraising corporation?

a very good point!
This is what I found on that from the website itself.
"In order to expand our reach and better meet the needs of our users, Charity Navigator has worked hard to establish strategic partnerships with industry leaders in other sectors. We partner with CNN to identify and highlight charities for the global network's Impact initiative, with the World Economic Forum to review and approve prospective global leaders, with Foundation Source to supply philanthropists with quantitative research data to use in making charitable investments, and with Network For Good to offer the convenience of online giving.

Charity Navigator accepts no funding from the charities that we evaluate, ensuring that our ratings remain objective. Furthermore, in our commitment to help America's philanthropists of all levels make informed giving decisions, we refuse to charge our users for this trusted data. As a result, Charity Navigator, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization itself, depends on support from individuals, corporations and foundations that believe we provide a much-needed service to America's charitable givers.

Here is a short breakdown of their report.

People are right about how little of your donations get to the people they were intended for. Even clothing donated to 3rd world countries ends up being sold to the people who need it, and the monies go to corrupt politians.

I saw all this first hand when I volunteered many years ago in Africa. The clothing and donations would come in, and the polititians would commandeer the goods and monies. They then kept the monies and sold the goods to the very people who should have got them for nothing. The people I worked with never saw any of it.

The best way to donate your money is to pay the wages of a volunteer, or give it directly to a member of an organisation who lives and works in a 3rd world country, for use in their work. That way all of it gets to where it is needed.

I think it may be called administration fees!!!!!!

So the next time you give £1 to charity, lets say to someone in the street, just think.......that person will get paid, the person who employed them will get paid, the charity will get paid, running costs etc!!
There will then follow other payments, purchase of supplies, transportation costs to the end destination etc.

So at the end of the day...just how much of your initial £1 donation, will actually get to the needy????