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... one specific charity was accused of doing something bad. The Red Cross is frequently accused of having excessive management costs and mismanaging funds; if
by saalweachter 8y ago
... one specific charity was accused of doing something bad.
The Red Cross is frequently accused of having excessive management costs and mismanaging funds; if you do a little research (a) they appear to have reasonable overhead (b) a lot of the accusations seem to come from competing charities with higher overheads.
- nickthemagicman 8y agoNot transparent enough for me! https://www.npr.org/2014/12/04/368453320/red-cross-misstates-how-donors-dollars-are-spent https://www.npr.org/2014/12/04/368453320/red-cross-misstates...
- saalweachter 8y agoJust out of curiosity, can you find a source for the "26% spent on fundraising" figure? Charity Navigator only goes back to the 2000s and never shows anything near that. Charity Navigator: https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/international-services/haiti-assistance-program/donations-at-work.html https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/international-ser... Haiti spending: https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/international-services/haiti-assistance-program/donations-at-work.html https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/international-ser...