"Broadback" wrote in message
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I decided to ask here, as I know there are many decent level headed
people that subscribe. I am sorry for the off topic, I've spent ages
searching with Google and cannot get the answer.
How can I find the portion of donated money that goes to the cause for
which it is intended? I know that some charities have very high
administrative overheads. I wish to donate a substantial sum (to me)
for the Asian disaster, but I don't wish for a high % of that going to
highly paid administrators, web site authors and many other things.
TIA

Ask the Charity you wish to give to, for their accounts.

I used to subscribe to the Royal National Lifeboats Institute, until I
discovered how wasteful they are with their donations. I now get round that
problem by donating to the 'actual' Lifeboat Station as a 'designated' sum
'for that station'

I have also subscribed to the Guide Dogs for the Blind to the extent of
donating a dog, BUT, I believe that they have too much money for the
applications for dogs, which is a pity.

Getting back to the Asian disaster, one charity, don't know which one, is
only taking 1%. (Staff do have to be paid and vehicles do have to have
petrol etc)

Mike


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