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On Tuesday, charges were filed against 4 cancer charities for allegedly scamming donors out of over $187 million. Americans give billions of dollars to charitable operations every year, but sadly ...
It has received a Three-Star rating of "Good" from Charity Navigator, based on an assessment of its financial health and governance policies. [3] In 2013, the United Breast Cancer Foundation was ranked No. 35 on a list of "America's Worst Charities" compiled by The Center for Investigative Reporting and The Tampa Bay Times. [4]
But there’s one group donors may want to avoid: The American Breast Cancer Coalition.Although it sounds like a noble charity, the ABCC is actually a political group—and rather than trying to ...
The foundation's namesake, Susan Goodman Komen, died of breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. [8] [9] Her younger sister Nancy Brinker, who has stated that she believed Susan's outcome might have been better had she known more about cancer and its treatment, founded the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in 1982. [9] [10]
Although ABCF received a lower-than-desirable rating from Charity Navigator, (primarily due to telemarketing costs and business procedures in effect prior to 2010 under different management), [2] the foundation maintains that its poor showing was based on old data for practices it no longer engages in. [3]
The Federal Trade Commission and 10 U.S. states on Monday sued what they called a "sham" charity that raised $18.25 million to help women fight cancer, but spent just $194,809 for that purpose.
Before donating, vet the charity first to make sure it’s not a scam. A few places to find information on charities are Give.org, CharityNavigator, CharityWatch and GuideStar, the AARP reported.
Charity fraud, also known as a donation scam, is the act of using deception to obtain money from people who believe they are donating to a charity.Often, individuals or groups will present false information claiming to be a charity or associated with one, and then ask potential donors for contributions to this non-existent charity.