Poorly run or predatory charities are a significant problem. While supposedly intended to support disadvantaged groups such as homeless veterans, women, and children, some are not what they appear. For example, see this week's story from ProPublica and Time Magazine about the More Than Me charity for girls in Liberia (reader discretion is advised, as the story has graphic descriptions of child sexual abuse): https://features.propublica.org/lib...-me-katie-meyler-liberia-sexual-exploitation/ But there are also perennial issues with the Red Cross, major cancer charities, veterans' charities, natural disaster scams, and many others. More info and resources: Charity Navigator, a tool to research charities before you donate: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ List of charities with regulatory issues (sadly out of date since 2013): http://charitysearch.apps.cironline.org/ Tool for researching nonprofits: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/ Advice for vetting nonprofits before giving: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-vet-nonprofits-before-you-give Note: I hate to leave this list is unfinished--I'm sure I could spend hours if not days adding to it--but the purpose is to shed light on these incompetent or predatory organizations and make people aware of them.
There was a scandal about a war veterans help charity that a lot of the money wasn't going to the things that it said. I forgot the name of it But that was a terrible thing to take advantage of. Heck anything you're taking advantage of people for is wrong.
Here in the UK we see newspaper stories about charities begging for money, yet the charities can afford to pay senior staff 6- and sometimes 7-figure salaries. Any charity that can do this doesn't need my money.
Wounded Warriors project. That's what it was. Sad. I think I've donated to them before. But it was a couple years ago so hopefully it has been taken care of.
